180° South: Conquerors of the Useless

Spectacular, scenic photography dominates this engaging, fascinating, 2009 documentary in which adventurer, surfer, mountain climber Jeff Johnson goes to Chili to retrace the journey of political activists and conservationists Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins who climbed Cerro Corcovado in Patagonia in 1968 and are now trying to save the land through their grass-roots efforts from pulp mills and other businesses that destroy the way of life of its people and natural resources.
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