“How would our urban areas feel different without wilderness around them?  And how can we keep those areas protected for the future?  It’s Your Call.”
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“An inspiring look at the Marin County activists who fought to preserve the NorCal coastline at a time when ‘conservation’ was a dirty word.”
Review by Dennis Harvey
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“Tells the David and Goliath story of how one of America’s most visited, and arguably it’s most beautiful, urban national parks…almost didn’t exist.”
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“Describes in fascinating detail how dedicated conservationists raised Californians’ awareness of their power to promote change.”
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“All it takes is a village — that’s the message in Rebels With a Cause, a documentary by Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto about a few fierce Marinites who banded together to save the Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area from big business development.”
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“Testaments to the ability of citizen activism to arrest the seemingly unstoppable forces of money, power and political influence. There is a hidden history of the Bay Area, and of what didn’t come to pass — numerous marinas, subdivisions, and other developments that would have made San Francisco and its surrounds into another Los Angeles.”
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“A documentary to honor those who dedicated themselves to preserving the land in a post–World War II era, a time when development was king and owning a home meant believing in America…Instead of cows and native shrubs and grasses, imagine the scenic Marin Headlands or Point Reyes covered in little boxes made of ticky-tacky.”
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“Director Nancy Kelly is a rebel with a cause…While James Dean didn’t have a cause, Kelly found a handful of Rebels with an important one: saving the Marin-Sonoma Coast.”
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“If we want more retrospective, more talk of game-changers, we need to watch for a remarkable film called Rebels With a Cause…the long-awaited result of a good idea.”
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