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"Clearcut"
1992
Directed by Ryszard Bugajski

When Peter, a white lawyer (Ron Lea), loses an appeal to stop a paper mill from destroying Native American land, Indian militant Arthur (Graham Greene) drags the lawyer and the mill's manager (Michael Hogan) into the woods where Arthur tortures the manager in allegorical ways to mimick what companies do to the forest. Based on the novel by M.T. Kelly. "As radical in its message as any picture you're likely to see" (Washington Post). With Floyd Red Crow and Raoul Trujillo.  102 minutes.