Film about environmental activist coming to SLT

The Tahoe Area Sierra Club is bringing “Wrenched”, a documentary film about Edward Abbey, to South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 6.

Abbey authored 21 books in his lifetime, including “Desert Solitaire”, “The Brave Cowboy”, and “The Fool’s Progress”. His comic novels “The Monkey Wrench Gang” and “Hayduke Lives” helped inspire a whole generation of environmental activism. A writer in the mold of Twain and Thoreau, Abbey was a larger-than-life figure as big as the West itself.

Filmmaker ML Lincoln’s documentary “Wrenched” reveals how Abbey’s anarchistic spirit and riotous novels influenced and helped guide the emerging environmental movement of the 1970s and ’80s. Through interviews, archival footage, and re-enactments, Lincoln captures the outrage of Abbey’s friends, who were the original eco-warriors.

The film will be shown at Unity at the Lake, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe at 7pm. Cost is $5.