Civil disobedience was always something I glorified and thought of as truly humanity at its prime. With the film Bidder 70 I was in shock as nowadays you don't hear of cases of such things other than possibly the occupy wall street campaign. In Bidder 70 we see the case of one man's fight to protect many acres of lands that were being fought over by different oil and gas industries in Utah. By acting as a bidder he was able to invalidate the auction at the cost of possibly serving time in prison on federal charges.
Something like this is only stuff people joke or say someone else could do. When people actually act on their ideals and fight for what they believe it is magnificently spectacular to see in all its glory. To that end how many individuals do we know that would put their own livelihood at risk in order to protect something as precious as pieces of land? Few and far between I would say. I can't say I would either but at the same time if it truly was something I felt that fervently about it'd be a no brainer.
http://www.bidder70film.com/ is the official website of the film and has various means of showing how you can help out. The trailer itself was also good at encapsulating what the film really was about in a smaller span of time.
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