"Documentary Filmmaker Arrested At Canada-U.S. Pipeline Protest"

"A documentary maker who was filming as environmental protesters attempted to shut down the flow of oil through pipelines carrying crude from Canada to the United States was arrested and her footage confiscated, activists said on Wednesday.

Deia Schlosberg, producer of the 2016 film 'How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change', was taken into custody on Tuesday as an 'accessory' to the action despite serving only to document it, said Kyle Cadotte, managing director of the International WOW film company.

Cadotte said Schlosberg remained in custody in Pembina County, North Dakota on Wednesday and had not been allowed to speak to an attorney.

A spokeswoman for the Pembina County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Schlosberg was being held at the jail but declined to release any further information, referring calls from a Reuters reporter to State's Attorney Ryan Bialas."

Dan Whitcomb reports for Reuters October 12, 2016.