Water on fire marcellus shale reality tour part 1 fracking duration. Nationwide response to the film has been overwhelmingly positive. An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and. In case you missed it weve got a complete recap of all this years academy award winners for you right here. Documentary gasland pivotal to antifracking movement. Another year for original screenplay and exit through the gift shop and gasland for doc. The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the united states. Gasland director josh fox responds to big oils attack on. In an unprecedented move, an oil and gas industry front group sent a letter to the academy of. But documentarymaker josh fox manages it with his film. The film was nominated for the 2011 academy award for best documentary feature.
Gasland may be the first ever american film in which nixon is the hero. Filmmaker josh fox grew up in the verdant woods of the delaware river valley. The film focuses on a hydraulic drilling method recently developed to dig up gas from the. Gasland, an oscarnominated film that documents alleged environmental damage from fracking, is fueling a backlash against natural gas drilling. The halliburtondeveloped drilling technology of fracking or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a saudia arabia of natural gas just beneath us. His first film, gasland, debuted at the 2010 sundance film festival, where it. Gasland is a 2010 american documentary written and directed by josh fox. The film focuses on communities in the united states where natural gas drilling activity was a concern and, specifically, on hydraulic fracturing fracking, a method of stimulating production in otherwise impermeable rock fracking is a technique that has been used routinely since the late 1940s as an aid to. There are many scenes in the documentary which illustrate three key aspects to a film, subject, credibility, and impact. This depiction on the gasland website is more dramatic than the graphic in the film. Gasland won the 2010 sundance special jury prize, and director josh fox won the 2011 emmy award for outstanding directing for nonfiction programming. The take home message is very clear, the corporations specifically the oil companies show a complete lack of responsibility in the jurisdiction of citizen health. The kings speech is a british film and i think that would be enough for social network to win this yearand yes i know british films have won before.
This sequel further enriches the argument that the gas industrys portrayal of natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a lie, where in. Gasland shows a very important story and fox does a very good job in convincing the viewer to understand such importance. Gasland the second half of the oil age will be very, very different from the first half. On january 14th gasland part ii will be available on dvd, and were asking you to host a house party. Josh foxs gasland sequel opens, a tour through a land. Gasland is foxs urgent, cautionary and sometimes darkly comic look at the implications and. Gasland film debate continues after dispute at oscars. It is truly, to coin the term usually used to describe.
Hi, i have to write a short 1 pg summary on the movie gasland and i have no way of obtaining the movie i do not own netflix and it is not on demand or at my local library etc. Josh fox has now produced a followup to gasland which deals with these claims, point by point, with expert witnesses. The shale gas industry have tried to pick holes in this films account of the. Sing your song, pariah, the guard, project nim, and shorts program i. Gasland was an official selection at the 2010 sundance film festival. In 20, filmmakers phelim mcaleer and ann mcelhinney released a documentary. The first gasland, which was released in 2010 and nominated for a 2011 academy award became this countrys wakeup call about fracking, the first prod for. But fox responded with his own detailed defense of the movie affirming gasland pdf. Watch gasland 2010 full movie free online streaming tubi. My reactions to gasland part ii three years ago josh foxs gasland film castigating fracking for its environmental dangers received lots of attention. Gasland is going a long way in spreading public awareness about gas drilling and the risks it poses on human and environmental health. Short film live action ian barnes and samantha waite. The shale gas industry have tried to pick holes in this film s account of the problems resulting from fracking. Hbo gasdrilling film exposes water worries june 21, 2010 new film investigates fracking for natural gas june 18, 2010 josh fox.
It is easy to understand why gasland has garnered so many film festival. Every film has a message that the filmmaker wants to communicate. Itll make you so angry that its hard to keep watching. There are a few key questions you can ask yourself to help figure out a. Stream the full film by visiting dogwoof tv at you can also. Gasland josh fox, director gasland productions, llc. Nominated for a 2011 oscar for best documentary feature.
The second half of the oil age will be very, very different from the first half. The citizens interviewed in the documentary are lied to about the safety of their water and given sums of money to avert law suits and public attention. Hydraulic fracturing fracking and the hbo movie gasland on june 21, 2010, hbo aired a film called gasland about the process of hydraulic fracturing fracking to bring natural gas up from deep shale or coalbed methane formations found in many areas of the united states. When filmmaker josh fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a crosscountry odyssey uncovering a trail of.
Three and a half stars out of five one of the five films nominated for best documentary at the upcoming academy awards, this film focuses on homes effected by natural gas drilling around the united states. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. From best picture to best short film, heres the complete list of nominees and winners for the 83rd academy awards. Ipaas energy in depth campaign issued a sevenpage rebuttal to the film, called debunking gasland. In 20, josh fox released the sequel to gasland, gasland part ii, which premiered at tribeca film festival. The first half was awash with cheap, easytofind and easytoproduce oil and gas. Complete 2011 oscars predictions here are the official fss predictions for the oscars as of february 21, 2011. The 27th annual sundance film festival took place from january 20, 2011 until january 30, 2011 in park city, utah, with screenings in salt lake city, utah, ogden, utah, and sundance, utah the festival opened with five screenings, one from each category in competition. The new frontier category opened with all that is solid. February 7, 2011 with the recent oscar nomination of my documentary film gasland, big gas and their pr attack machine hit a new low in its blatant disregard for the truth. On the other hand, if it were me going full of emotion, id probably just skip the drama and stay home.
In 20, josh fox released the sequel to gasland, gasland part ii, which premiered at the tribeca film festival. His narrative feature film debut memorial day 2008, is a jarring roller coaster ride from the beaches of girlsgonewild spring break to the torture chambers of abu ghraib, premiered at cinevegas film festival and went on to have a successful limited run at ifc center in new york. Gasland is a better warning than a film, if you believe the two can be divided, but as a warning it is loud and timely. It is truly, to coin the term usually used to describe football, a game of two halves. It shows fractures reaching up to the water table, though the text below says that they are separated by. The study said the documentary helped shift fracking from a place of almost complete novelty to. Hydraulic fracturing involves injecting a mixture of more than 99 percent water and. Gasland 2010 josh fox in gasland 2010 gasland 2010. Millions of people around the world saw gasland because folks like you shared the film with family and friends. Gasland was awarded the special jury prize for documentary at the 2010 sundance film festival, and voted the best competition film of any section by indiewires sundance critics poll. More keep up to date and engage with this issue locally through lock the gate, a national grassroots alliance of over 160 community, industry and. After a natural gas company expresses interest in his land, this documentarian does his own research on fracking and turns up startling results. Antioil, gas film compels with real people, false assertions.
It is the 101st in which dick cheney is the villain. Brilliantly assembled, this documentary unapologetically takes on ruthless corporations by pointing out how they are systematically destroying america to make money. With josh fox, dick cheney, pete seeger, richard nixon. Eid even mailed it to the academy of motion picture arts and sciences, along with a letter arguing that the film doesnt live up to the academys standards.
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