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2008•39m
Documentary

The story of Billy Cottrell, a brilliant but troubled physicist whose world collapses when the FBI arrests him as an eco-terrorist. Billy's family is forced to examine his past to understand why he is facing charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.

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William Cottrell

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