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Undid revision 995325158 by 71.56.244.183 (talk) According to the provided source "the tree was knocked down by a Libyan trucker, probably drunk." please provide an alternative, fair and reliable source if you disagree with this.
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The sculpture representing the Tree of Ténéré and the Tree's story feature prominently in the 2006 film ''[[La Gran final]]'' (''The Great Match''). In the film, a group of [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] nomads in the [[Sahara]] race to find a power supply and broadcast reception for their television in time to watch the [[2002 FIFA World Cup Final]] between [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], eventually using the tree sculpture as a makeshift [[television antenna|antenna]].
 
In 2017, Symmetry Labs created a massive, 4-story tall LED sculpture entitled "Tree of Tenere" that was showcased at [[Burning Man]].<ref>https://symmetrylabs.com/portfolio/tenere/ </ref> The sculpture consisted of 25,000 molded leaves containing 175,000 LED'sLEDs.
 
In 2018, the tree's story has appeared as a main theme in the official music video of 'Transmission/Michaelion'<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g70u2OrfVBE music video by Ibeyi</ref> by [[Ibeyi]].