WIEBO’S WAR (David York, Canada). 94 minutes. Rating: NNNNN
Wiebo’s War has all the ingredients of a great documentary. For starters, it transforms the story of someone we think we know. Wiebo Ludwig, a devout Christian, was convicted in 1999 of sabotaging gas wells belonging to Big Oil and Gas corp Encana when his farm animals and then the women in his family started miscarrying.
He’s a charismatic lead character, sharp and committed, not the nutty cult leader the media made him out to be.
And there’s some superb footage: a few years into their protest, the family began filming every encounter they had with the gas company and law authorities.
Terrorist or revolutionary? Wiebo’s War lets you decide.
