Julia Hill
Her, before and after. The car crash that redirected her life, the interviews and speeches, the writing and the later campaigns, and what she did with the attention.
Part of Julia Butterfly Hill
6 moments in this segment.
- - Born Julia Lorraine Hill (1974). Julia Lorraine Hill is born in Mount Vernon, Missouri, the daughter of a travelling evangelist; much of her childhood is spent on the road. Her nickname "Butterfly" comes from a butterfly that landed on her as a child. The subject dates from 1974; this photograph was taken in 2006.
- - The car crash & the awakening (1996). A drunk driver rear-ends Julia’s car; the steering wheel lodges in her skull and recovery takes nearly a year. The brush with death makes her re-examine her life and its purpose. The subject dates from 1996; this photograph was taken in 2009.
- - First sight of the redwoods (1997). On a journey west, Julia walks into an ancient redwood grove for the first time and is overwhelmed, describing it as walking into a cathedral. She decides to give herself to protecting them. The subject dates from 1997; this photograph was taken in 2014.
- - Visiting Julia in her treehouse. Years later, a visit with Julia Butterfly Hill at home, still living close to the trees.
- - Julia’s reflections - "Where have all the humans gone?". Julia reflects, in her own words, on connection, the planet and what her time in Luna taught her.
- - Still in the trees. Decades on, Julia Butterfly Hill remains an advocate, for forests, for treehouses and living lightly, and for the idea that one person’s stubborn love can change the world.
