Interview: John Fiege,
director, "Above All Else"
Austin-based director John Fiege’s SXSW Film Festival entry Above All Else chronicles the fight rural East Texas resident David Daniel waged for several years against energy company TransCanada to prevent part of a tar sand oil pipeline being built in a wooded area of his property. The documentary captures the former stuntman teaming up with environmentalists in his bid to thwart TransCanada’s plans for the Keystone Pipeline System on his property and to preserve the natural beauty of his land. Above All Else will screen during the SXSW Film Festival at 12 p.m. March 10 at the Paramount Theatre, 4:30 p.m. March 11 at the Alamo Village, and 2 p.m. March 15 at the Topfer Theatre at ZACH.
Aired: Feb. 27, 2014 Web site: http://www.aboveallelsefilm.com/ |
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