CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Second Sunday Cinema will feature the documentary “Who Bombed Judi Bari?” on June 9.

The film will be shown at the Clearlake United Methodist Church at 14521 Pearl Ave in Clearlake.  

Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the film beginning at 6 p.m.

This excellent documentary revisits The Headwaters Summer of 1990, when Earth First! co-founders Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney found their nonviolent activism to save redwoods transformed when they were bombed in their car.  

The pipe bomb under Bari's seat nearly killed her and injured Cherney. Almost immediately, the FBI and Oakland Police Department arrived and arrested them for "transporting explosives,"  and accused them of planning violent acts.  

That case had to be dropped for lack of evidence – but the question remains: Who planted that bomb?  

The FBI has apparently given up and wants to destroy all the evidence. The filmmakers have not given up, and are offering $50,000 to anyone whose information leads to the conviction of the real bomber.

This film's archival footage takes viewers back to the uplifting music and the dedication and raw courage of those who worked to successfully save this gorgeous grove.  

The film offers the chance to meet Bari as she makes her legal deposition a very few weeks before her death from cancer in 1997.

Donations to the filmmakers, including Cherney, the producer, are very welcome.

This struggle is far from over. The chair of the Redwood Chapter of the Sierra Club, Victoria Brandon, will talk after the film on how we can work together to save the beautiful redwood forests of our Northern California coast.

For more information, call Shannon Tolson at 707-889-7355.