Synopsis: It is happening all across America—rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the “Saudi Arabia of natural gas.” Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground—a hydraulic drilling process called “fracking”—and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower. But what comes out of the ground with that “natural” gas? How does it affect our air and drinking water? GASLAND is a powerful personal documentary that confronts these questions with spirit, strength, and a sense of humor. When filmmaker Josh Fox receives his cash offer in the mail, he travels across 32 states to meet other rural residents on the front lines of fracking. He discovers toxic streams, ruined aquifers, dying livestock, brutal illnesses, and kitchen sinks that burst into flame. He learns that all water is connected and perhaps some things are more valuable than money. [Synopsis courtesy of Sundance Film Festival]
READ MORE ABOUT GASLANDEarlier today, Oscar-nominated "Gasland" filmmaker Josh Fox had been arrested in Washington, D.C. and charged with unlawful entry after trying to film a House Science Committee hearing on fracking.
Read More »Oscar-nominated "Gasland" filmmaker Josh Fox was arrested this morning in Washington, D.C. and charged with unlawful entry after trying to film a House Science Committee hearing on fracking.
Read More »Josh Fox, founder and artistic director of International WOW Company, a film and theater company that creates new work to address current social and political crises, furthers his commitment to bringing social issues issues to the front, with his first documentary feature "GASLAND".
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George Hayduke | November 22, 2010 6:34 AM
Another documentary film is slated to come out, with a similar theme, but more anthropological content: The Natural State of America. http://www.facebook.com/NaturalStateofAmerica