Some Greater Awakening

<p>In the scorching summer of 1976 free-spirited Francesca Malone finds solitude on a remote mining claim in Northern California-until an eco-activist friend from the city turns up uninvited and roils local hotheads. Observed by the nearest neighbors a crusty cattle rancher and a young California Indian family Francesca feels exposed.</p><p></p><p>Hardships lead to friendships and shadowy alliances in a fire-prone landscape beset by old conflicts new cults and the ruin of ancient forests and Indigenous sacred sites. Drawn into the fray over logging Francesca takes a crucial stand.</p><p></p><p><em>Some Greater Awakening</em> is an elegy to the beautiful fought-over mountains of the West and their long-suffering yet indomitable people.</p>