Howdy folks,
As the horror of war rages, our guest for the Nov 7, 2023 episode of Redneck Gone Green will be anti-war activist, journalist, and filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield. Her latest film is “To The Trees,” a documentary that tells the story of the struggle to defend the forests of Northern California where tree-sitters, forest advocates, and Indigenous peoples are working to protect, reclaim and manage the remaining 2% of old growth redwood forests, and the second-growth areas that are beginning to become nurturing ecosystems again.
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Onward to the world we deserve,
David Cobb (he/him)
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Praise for “To the Trees”
Eleanor's documentary is beautiful and contains a lot of wisdom, not just about the forests, but about resistance in general. And I appreciate how much it deals in specifics -- something I think we need more of, since for those unfamiliar, the idea of something like deforestation or even climate change in general can seem too abstract to act upon. We really need to be naming names, and Eleanor's done that unapologetically here.
– Jenny Odell, New York Times Bestselling Author
For centuries capitalism mis-priced and blindly exploited our natural resources. Profit was and remains the incentive. To the Trees exposes and protests the assault on the Redwoods' unmatched beauty and thereby on our physical, mental, and emotional health.
— Richard D. Wolff, Economics Professor, Author, Award-winning Show Host
To the Trees expertly weaves the story of colonization and corporatization's destruction of some of the Earth's oldest trees, and the brave people fighting to protect them and all living beings.
— Jen Deerinwater, Founding Executive Director, Crushing Colonialism
In her beautifully filmed and composed documentary, To The Trees, Eleanor Goldfield shows the decimation of our old-growth forests and efforts to stop this crime while placing the struggle in the broader context of colonialism and capitalism. Aptly named, To The Trees will inspire you to embrace and protect our few remaining forests.
— Margaret Flowers, Director Popular Resistance
About Eleanor Goldfield
Eleanor Goldfield is a queer creative radical, journalist and filmmaker. She works with a variety of independent outlets in both written and photojournalism. She is the co-founder of the independent media aggregate RadIndieMedia.com, one of the 2020 recipients of the “Women and Media Award” presented by The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, and is currently a board member of the Media Freedom Foundation.
Her first documentary, "Hard Road of Hope," has garnered international praise as well as laurels from a dozen film festivals.
Currently, Eleanor is the co-host of the podcast Common Censored along with Lee Camp as well as the co-host of the Project Censored radio show with Mickey Huff.
Previously, she founded and fronted the political hard rock band Rooftop Revolutionaries who toured extensively, opening up for acts such as Tom Morello and Helmet. She worked for 10 years in recording studios such as The Village in Los Angeles as a technician, and during that time received a B.S. (which she finds endlessly amusing) in Audio Science.
Her work as a community organizer is based on mutual aid principles and direct action.
As an artist, her work typically combines live music, spoken word and projected visuals. Besides touring, performing and media work, she also assists in frontline action organizing and activist trainings.