is proud to bring “GasLand” to 5 Points Theater
as the third film in its 2011 Green Carpet Film Series.
The goal of the film series is to foster dialogue, awareness,and action on sustainability issues facing North Florida.GasLand is a documentary movie about the effects of hydraulic fracturing or fracking, which is a means of naturalgas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand andproprietary chemicals are injected, under high pressure, into a well. The pressure fractures the shale and props openfissures that enable natural gas to flow more freely out of the well. The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe?
When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering 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 called GASLAND.
This film is part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, and part showdown.
MONDAY JUNE 6TH at 6:30pm
Doors open at 5:30.
COMING SOON
