Above All Else
Directed by John Fiege2014 1h 34mDocumentary, Drama
8.37.8
One man risks family and future to stop the tar sands of the Keystone XL pipeline from crossing his land. Shot in the forests, pastures, and living rooms of rural East Texas, Above All Else follows David Daniel, a retired high-wire artist, as he rallies neighbors and environmental activists to join him in a final act of brinkmanship: a tree-top blockade of the controversial pipeline. What begins as a stand against corporate bullying becomes a rallying cry for climate protesters nationwide. As in his previous film, Mississippi Chicken, director John Fiege puts a human face on a complex case of social injustice, again capturing the South in its beauty and contradiction and revealing the intimate, often unfathomable, experience of creating social change at the grassroots.
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Above All Else was released on March 10, 2014.
Above All Else was directed by John Fiege.
Above All Else has a runtime of 1 hr 34 min.
Above All Else was produced by Anita Grabowski, John Fiege, Christopher Lucas.
The key characters in Above All Else are Himself (David Daniel), Herself (Julia Trigg Crawford), Herself (Susan Scott).
Above All Else is a Documentary, Drama film.
Above All Else has an audience rating of 8.3 out of 10.