''Butterfly'' is a

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by Doug Wolens about the environmental campaigner and tree sitter

Julia Butterfly Hill Julia Lorraine Hill (born February 18, 1974), best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She lived in a -tall, approximately 1,000-year-old Sequoia sempervirens, California redwood tre ...

who gained the attention of the world for her two-year vigil 180 feet atop

Luna Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin, Spanish and other languages * Luna (goddess) In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin ''Lūna'' ). She is often presented as t ...

, an ancient redwood tree preventing it from being clear-cut. The film first aired on

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

in 2000.

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* Julia Hill acts as herself

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P.O.V. ''Butterfly''
- PBS's site dedicated to the film 2000 television films 2000 films 2000 in the environment 2000s English-language films American documentary television films POV (TV series) films Documentary films about forests and trees 2000 documentary films Films about activists Julia Butterfly Hill Films about squatting Squatting in the United States 2000s American films English-language documentary films {{environment-documentary-film-stub

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