When Environmentalists, Developers and Activists Clash, Who Wins?
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    Airdate: Friday, June 15, 2007 at 8:30 p.m. EDT on PBS.
    (Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html.)

When environmentalists, developers and activists clash, who wins? This time on NOW.

    In the 1970s and 1980s, land developer Gary Bradley worked to transform Austin, Texas's pristine hill country into lucrative residential subdivisions, making both headlines and lots of money. When local residents learned of new plans to develop 4,000 acres over nearby Barton Creek, they rose up to stop Bradley and his partners in their tracks. Whereas the developers had strong connections in the Texas legislature - and a powerful ally in eventual Governor George W. Bush - the city had an even stronger connection to its residents' unspoiled home. On Friday, June 15, at 8:30 p.m., NOW's David Brancaccio talks with filmmaker Laura Dunn about her documentary, "The Unforeseen," which captures the drama, passion and heartfelt convictions on all sides of the conflict without making easy targets of any of them.

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    Note: The NOW website at www.pbs.org/now will provide a clip from the film as well as featured commentary from Robert Redford starting Friday morning, June 15.