Gasland director to attend local premiere
BINGHAMTON – Documentary film maker Josh Fox will be in Binghamton live and in person for the local premiere of his new film, “Gasland,” winner of this year’s special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
The screening event will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Binghamton West Middle School Auditorium.
“Gasland” tells the story of the effects of the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history that is sweeping across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us, according excerpts from the film.
But what comes out of the ground with that natural gas? How does it affect our air and drinking water? When the filmmaker, himself, is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey that uncovers a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country Fox calls, “Gasland.”
“Gasland is a powerful personal documentary that confronts these questions with spirit, strength, and a sense of humor,” states a Sundance Institute promotion for the film. Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theater, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival.
A 90-minute question and answer period will follow the film, with panelists Fox, Victoria Switzer (homeowner from Dimock, Penn. whose well has been contaminated by Cabot Oil drilling activity), Professor Tony Ingraffea (Dwight C. Baum Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University), and Chris Burger (Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition Chair).
The screening and guests are co-sponsored by New York Residents Against Drilling and the BRSC. For more information, write to kpix@nyrad.org.
The screening event will be held on Tuesday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Binghamton West Middle School Auditorium.
“Gasland” tells the story of the effects of the largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history that is sweeping across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us, according excerpts from the film.
But what comes out of the ground with that natural gas? How does it affect our air and drinking water? When the filmmaker, himself, is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey that uncovers a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country Fox calls, “Gasland.”
“Gasland is a powerful personal documentary that confronts these questions with spirit, strength, and a sense of humor,” states a Sundance Institute promotion for the film. Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is a not-for-profit organization that fosters the development of original storytelling in film and theater, and presents the annual Sundance Film Festival.
A 90-minute question and answer period will follow the film, with panelists Fox, Victoria Switzer (homeowner from Dimock, Penn. whose well has been contaminated by Cabot Oil drilling activity), Professor Tony Ingraffea (Dwight C. Baum Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University), and Chris Burger (Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition Chair).
The screening and guests are co-sponsored by New York Residents Against Drilling and the BRSC. For more information, write to kpix@nyrad.org.
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