Earth Liberation Front - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • Folk musician David Rovics performs a song dedicated to the ELF called "Song for the Earth Liberation Front"
  • In the 2004 novel by Michael Crichton, State of Fear, a fictional group based on the Earth Liberation Front, but called the Environmental Liberation Front instead, is the main villain.
  • In the novel by Nicholas Evans, The Divide, a main character is involved in ELF activities.
  • In 2011, a documentary on the ELF by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry entitled "If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front" had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It's since been released on DVD by Oscilloscope Laboratories. It was broadcast on BBC Four in February 2012 as part of the Storyville documentary series.
  • In 2005 the ELF were the subject of a CBS 60 Minutes report called Burning Rage in which Ed Bradley Reports On Extremists Now Deemed Biggest Domestic Terror Threat and another from CNN
  • In 2009 the ELF were the subject of a documentary called Green With A Vengeance
  • In 2005 the ELF were the subject of the documentary 'Testify! - Eco-Defense and the Politics of Violence'
  • Featured in the episode 'Scorched (Numb3rs)' from Season 2 of Numb3rs.
  • Featured in a negative light in Meg Cabot's 'Airhead, in which the main character is killed by the activities of an ELF protester.

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