What does the policy of “clear-cutting” involve, exactly? Why are the Redwood Forests of Northern Californian unprotected? Who is responsible for cutting them? Meet Julia Butterfly Hill as she searches for answers to these questions and describes the agony of listening to the destruction of ancient patches of wilderness.

This award-winning documentary reveals the extraordinary transformation and spiritual journey of a 23-year-old woman who climbed 200 feet up into a redwood tree and lived there for two years in order to save the thousand-year-old-tree from destruction. Julia lived on a platform the size of a coffee table, survived the ordeal of menacing helicopters, and was nearly blown off the tree and thrown to the forest floor by 90 MPH winds. As a result of her courageous act of civil disobedience, Julia is the youngest person thus far inducted into the Ecology Hall of Fame.