2012
Not Rated
1 h 35 m

2012
Not Rated
1 h 35 m

Summary A news anchor reports while graphic news coverage of a terrorist car bomb attack in 1990 in Oakland, CA is shown. Two Earth First! activists are immediately blamed by the FBI for bombing themselves. We learn that the victim/suspects Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney have later sued the FBI and Oakland Police and that Judi Bari is now dying of...

Directed By: Mary Liz Thomson

2012
Not Rated
1 h 35 m

2012
Not Rated
1 h 35 m

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

Name: Who Bombed Judi Bari?
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime, News
Released: 2012-11-16
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Rating: 59
Cast: Judi Bari, David Brower, Jerry Brown, Andy Caffrey, Darryl Cherney

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Mary Liz Thomson

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Variety

Nov 18, 2012

The film, produced by Cherney, makes a clear and cogent case (later upheld by a court verdict) that police and FBI falsified evidence in order to discredit Bari's cause.

By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Nov 18, 2012

The only film ever to be released with the promise of a reward--$50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the bomber--Who Bombed Judi Bari? is an engrossing account of the case.

By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Nov 13, 2012

Insult upon injury didn't stop the central figure of Mary Liz Thomson's tough and intriguingly well-told account of the fight between environmentalists and corporate raiders (perhaps abetted, we learn, by the government) from taking the battle to her deathbed.

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Los Angeles Times

Dec 7, 2012

Though its early sections feel repetitive and self-congratulatory, the documentary's tension builds in the way director Mary Liz Thomson uses archival material, much of it from TV news.

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New York Daily News

Nov 15, 2012

There is no satisfactory answer to the titular question posed by this no-frills environmental documentary. But first-time feature director Mary Liz Thomson does answer another one at least as important, by showing us who Judi Bari was.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Nov 16, 2012

Relies too much on rehash and preaching to the choir to kindle a broad-based outrage, but it does make you wonder what really happened on May 24, 1990.

By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Nov 16, 2012

Duration 1 h 35 m

Rating Not Rated

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Tagline Before Occupy Wall Street, there was Redwood Summer

Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/Who-Bombed-Judi-Bari/162678163810077

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Awards

CINE Competition

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Desert Rocks Film and Music Event

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Who Bombed Judi Bari?

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Judi Bari

Self (Earth First!)

David Brower

Self (Earth Island Institute, Friends of the Earth)

Jerry Brown

Self (California governor)

Andy Caffrey

Self (videographer)

Darryl Cherney

Self (Earth First!)

Peter Childs

Self (activist)

Dennis Cunningham

Self (attorney)

Pam Davis

Self (Earth First!)

Frank Doyle

Self (bomb school teacher)

Barbara Duggleby

Self (Earth First!)

Dave Foreman

Self (Earth First!)

Brian Gaffney

Self (Earth First!)

Sequoia Greenfield

Self (Earth First!)

Tom Hayden

Self (member of the California senate)

Lisa Henry

Self (UC Santa Cruz organizer)

Julia Butterfly Hill

Self (activist)

Ron Huber

Self (treespiker)

Susan Jordan

Self (defense lawyer)

Dave Kemnitzer

Self (Seeds of Peace)

Greg King

Self (Headwaters campaign)

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