Multimedia Collection
El Dorado
VHS
56 minutes
SD413 .C2 E51 1996
Filmmaker and journalist Frank Green followed this story of a community in conflict in the Sierra Nevada foothills for four years. The film takes an unusually unbiased look at four local residents - two timber workers and two environmentalists - as they try to balance the health of the Eldorado National Forest with the jobs of the workers who depend on it. By humanizing all the characters in the film, it shows a profound respect for both sides of this extremely volatile issue.
El Dorado is more than an "environmental film." It is about America; about dislocation and downsizing, about anger, about activism and ultimately about the human ability to solve problems. It will lead the audience to a greater understanding of the struggle that people in every part of America are facing as a result of changes in the economy.
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