The Edge of the Wild is the subject of a great article on the website SF360! Please check it out!
http://www.sf360.org/?pageid=13029
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The Making of The Edge Of The Wild
In 1973, President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act, prohibiting the killing of endangered species and the destruction of their habitats for the first time. The act was hailed by some as the “magna carta” of the environmental movement, but others reviled it, claiming that it was an affront to landowners’ constitutional rights to profit from private property. The Edge of the Wild, a one hour documentary by Gail Mallimson, looks at this controversy which still exists today. The film follows environmentalists, government officials, and landowners as they weigh the importance of endangered species’ survival against the American pursuit of profit.
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- My name is Gail Mallimson and I'm a filmmaker living in San Francisco, CA. For the last fifteen years or so, I've made my living editing documentaries in the Bay Area. The Edge Of The Wild is my first full length documentary as a producer. I decided to make the film because I believe that most people do not know that over 37 million acres of endangered species habitat in the US has been exempted from protection ensured by the ESA through similar plans which are in effect on San Bruno Mountain. The film is my attempt to make this more public and to tell the story of the amazing nature and dramatic battles that have taken place on San Bruno Mountain.
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