MONUMENTAL DVD: DAVID BROWER'S FIGHT FOR WILD AMERICA (Â)

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David Brower was the leader who catalyzed the Sierra Club in 1952, becoming its executive director and changing its nature from that of a hiking enthusiast's gathering to a major political force, ushering in what we now call the environomental movement, the Berkeley-born Brower--who died in 2000 at the age of 88--is brought back to the ferocity of life in a new documentary, *Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America, screening as part of the Wine Country Film Festival. The film has actual foortage of David Brower rock climbing in Berkeley, in Yosemite, and on the first ascent of Shiprock, an historically important climb. Cannily using footage Brower himself took of trips through Yosemite and other of his most beloved places, Monumental* most passionately describes the fights Brower lead to save the Grand Canyon from additional damming; the quest to make Pt. Reyes into the protected spot it is today (Ladybird Johnson in pill box hat and heels standing near the surf, breathing in deep admiration); and the creation of the Redwood National Park on the high North Coast, protecting the oldest living things on earth. Brower, the father of four, was perhaps not the easiest man to get along with, and his crusty side is ably shown in Monumental. But he brooked no cowardice and bore no compromises. His split with the Sierra Club in 1969 over their willingness to compromise over the Central Coast's Nipomo Dunes, some of the most pristine sand hills in North America. While Monumental never explores those aspects of Brower that earned him the 'Arch Druid' nickname, what this documentary does do splendidly is to underscore how just one man, a handful of people and a pokey little organization for hikers and bird watchers can indeed change the entire face of a nation by simply not allowing it to change.
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