AN INJURY TO ONE

Travis Wilkersons deep-seated concern for American history is intelligently expressed through his experimental documentaries. He reconstructs the history of Butte, Montana, where capitalist interests in copper mining ran into direct conflict with the labor union movement. Wilkerson weaves a fascinating historical inquiry, moving between past and present, incorporating workers songs, company and town records, present-day images, and political analysis to create a portrait of union agitator Frank Little and a lament for the disastrous ecological consequences of the Butte mine. (Susan Oxtoby)