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PEACOCK'S WAR

60 minutes/Grades 7-Adult

Produced by Earthrise Entertainment

Doug Peacock -- the model for Hayduke in Edward Abbey's "The
Monkey Wrench Gang" -- has been a legendary figure in the US
environmental movement for the last 20 years.

Doug served in Vietnam as a Green Beret medic, trying to
preserve life on the edge of the battlefield. He came home an
emotional and spiritual wreck. Running for refuge to the last
islands of uninhabited wilderness in the American West, Peacock
discovered a fellow creature who had also been driven back to the
same mountain sanctuary, among the tarns and granite peaks. This
was the endangered grizzly bear. Living on the hunting grounds of
this beast -- a beautiful, playful, intelligent, fiercely
dangerous animal -- led Peacock back to a sense of his own
humanity, and humility before nature. Recently he wrote a best-
selling book, "The Grizzly Years," based on his experiences, and
made this film that has inspired PBS audiences from coast to
coast.

It's an incredibly moving program that tells the story of one
man's determination to resist the destructive forces which
threaten our world and the survival of the wild creatures who live
in it.

Awards: Best of Category, International Wildlife Film Festival;
Best of Festival, Mountainfilm Festival, Telluride, CO; Red
Ribbon, American Film & Video Festival; Silver Apple, National
Educational Film & Video Festival; People's Choice Award, Banff
Festival of Mountain Films; Grand Prize, Adventure Film Festival,
Utah; Honorable Mention, San Francisco Intl. Film Festival;
Nationwide PBS Broadcast

• "An unforgettable, controversial character whose escapades with
  bears are arresting and whose theories about the proper use of
  America's wild lands are deeply felt and moving... excellent
  material for library programs and classes on conservation."
  Landers
  

• "Douglas Peacock's war is one of wilderness and wildlife
  preservation... Definitely recommended." **** Video Rating Guide
  for Libraries
  

• "Zoology, psychology, and philosophy classes would all be
  enriched by a discussion following the screening of this film. Any
  groups concerned with endangered species would be moved." Media
  Network
  

• "Peacock... is a man in whom the connection between heart and
  mind is unimpaired by the petty diversions of what passes, with
  most of us, for life in post-industrial urban America. He has eyes
  to see with, a nose to smell with, feet to walk on and courage to
  see him through... He is a remarkable man." Tucson Citizen
  

Subject Areas: NATURE, ANIMALS, VALUES, ENDANGERED SPECIES,
BIOGRAPHY

ISBN: 1-56029-088-9

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