SnagFilms Announces the U.S. Release of
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist
on Earth Day, April 22, 2012
SnagFilms, one of the world’s leading
distributors of independent films for digital platforms, announces the U.S. pay-on-demand
release of the highly anticipated, groundbreaking feature documentary, CONFESSIONS
OF AN ECO-TERRORIST on Earth Day, April 22, 2012.
CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST takes viewers on an
action-packed voyage with the world’s most wanted environmentalist heroes,
Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society – the stars
of Animal Planet’s Emmy-nominated hit series “Whale Wars.” Seen through the eyes of director,
activist and longest serving Sea Shepherd crew member, Peter Jay Brown, the
film features 30 years of never-before-seen insider footage of the most
exciting, dispairing and triumphant eco-campaigns in the world. During their
voyages they’ve been engaged in dramatic conflict including the boarding of ships,
arrests, being fired upon by the Norwegian Navy and successfully ramming and/or
sinking illegal whaling and fishing vessels worldwide. The group is also
credited with stopping drift-netting worldwide and saving the lives of millions
of marine wildlife.
“We are extremely excited for audiences in the U.S. to be
able to experience CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-TERRORIST and its unmistakable environmental
message,” stated Stephanie Sharis, COO
of SnagFilms. “Earth Day is the
perfect time to premiere this truly revolutionary documentary.”
The film will be
available on video on demand on Comcast, FiOs and iNDemand affiliates including
Time Warner Cable, Cox and Bright House Networks, as well as digital platforms,
including iTunes, VUDU, Amazon and Xbox Live
“Everyone has a
unique talent that can make a difference in this world,” said Brown. “30 years
ago hardly anyone knew what ‘ecology’ meant, now oil companies are trying to be
green. We’re the guys who started the modern environmental movement and have
pretty much won the revolution, now we need the right people to govern it
before we reach a tipping point,” he continued.
Brown recently
returned from Sea Shepherd’s most recent campaign (Operaion: Divine Wind) to
stop illegal Japanese whaling in an Antarctic whale sanctuary. Whale Wars Season 5, premiering this
summer on Animal Planet will cover the voyage in detail.
"There have
been many films made about Sea Shepherd but none as hilarious and revealing as CONFESSIONS
OF AN ECO-TERRORIST, which was three decades in the making." Captain Watson
said. "Peter Brown, a Sea Shepherd insider expertly exercises aikido with
his camera by turning a negative accusation into a positive confession of
influential activism.”
About SnagFilms
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features free, sponsor-supported, on demand viewing of more than 3,000
award-winning, fiction and non-fiction titles from some of the greatest
names in film. SnagFilms’ curated collection is viewed on its own site and a
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, Hulu, the Starbucks Digital
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soon to launch on connected TVs and blu-ray players from Samsung and
Vizio. SnagFilms’ titles have been featured on more than 3.5
billion pageviews across its network.
SnagFilms
also offers selected titles via pay video on demand with Comcast, Verizon's FiOS and DIRECTV, as well as
on iTunes, Hulu Plus, Amazon, VUDU, Xbox Live, YouTube Movies, and will soon be
launching on Samsung Media Hub. SnagFilms was named one of the
fastest growing technology companies in Washington, DC area. Gizmodo has named
SnagFilms as a “Best iPad App,” OVGuide has twice named SnagFilms a Top Site,
and MovieMaker Magazine named SnagFilms to its annual list of “50 Best Websites
for Moviemakers.” The SnagFilms family also includes Indiewire, for more than
15 years the web’s top source of news, reviews and information about
independent film.
For
more information on CONFESSIONS OF AN
ECO-TERRORIST and to view the trailer, please visit www.confessionsfilm.com
