{"article":{"id":128774,"heading":"Video: In Defense of the Biscuit","author":"justin","created":"2005-06-10 14:04:08","modified":"2005-08-15 03:12:36","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:12:36","article":"<div align=\"center\"> \r\n  <p><strong>In Defense of the Biscuit<\/strong><br>\r\n    <strong>A new documentary on Biscuit Logging \r\n    threatening the Siskiyou <br>\r\n    Wild Rivers Area <\/strong><strong>and an ongoing \r\n    community campaign to stop it.<br>\r\n    <\/strong><\/p>\r\n  <p><strong>Produced by<\/strong>: Pat Patterson \r\n    and Justin Rohde<br>\r\n    <strong>TRT<\/strong>: 98 min<br>\r\n    <strong>Year of production:<\/strong> 2005<br>\r\n    <strong>Medium:<\/strong> VHS\/ DVD<br>\r\n    <strong>Place of production:<\/strong> Southern Oregon<br>\r\n    <strong>To contact us<\/strong>, write to: video@biscuitfire.org or visit www.biscuitfire.org\/video<\/p>\r\n  <p><strong>The Siskiyou Wild Rivers:<\/strong> \r\n    One of the last, great unbroken, but unprotected wildlands on the Pacific \r\n    Coast; is the most botanical national forest in the US, has the highest concentration \r\n    of National Wild and Scenic rivers, and the largest roadless area in Oregon.<\/p>\r\n  <p> <strong>The Biscuit Fire:<\/strong> This lightning-caused \r\n    fire set off a feeding frenzy with the giant timber companies and the Bush \r\n    Forest Service. They proposed the largest timber sale on public lands in modern \r\n    history. <\/p>\r\n  <p><strong>The Community<\/strong>: The people \r\n    spoke out in record numbers to say NO! to this proposed destruction of their \r\n    wildlands. And when their wishes were ignored, an alliance of young and old \r\n    organized themselves in non-violent direct-action,<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>In \r\n    Defense of the Biscuit.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n  <p align=\"center\">Edited \r\n    and Filmed by Pat Patterson. Additional \r\n    Video by Justin Rohde and many others. Produced by Pat Patterson\/ Justin Rohde. \r\n    Additional Portland Tripod Action edit by Sparkle of Portland Indymedia Center.<\/p>\r\n  <p align=\"left\">&nbsp; <\/p><\/div>\n","contact":"video@biscuitfire.org","link":"www.biscuitfire.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"&quot;In Defense of the Biscuit is simultaneously beautiful, heartbreaking, and inspiring. It is the story of one of the most beautiful places on earth, and of the courageous individuals and groups who are defending this place from devastation caused by huge corporations and criminal logging company operators who are protected in their illegal activities by armed (selective) law enforcement officers. Watch this film, and then go join these or other activists on the front lines of forest defense&quot;. Derrick Jensen, author, A Language Older Than Words, The Culture of Make Believe.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2005\/06\/biscuit_postor_web.jpg","filesize":"27.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2005\/06\/128774.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2005\/06\/biscuit_postor_web.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2005\/06\/biscuit_postor_web.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}