The Jacksonville Screening of the Sundance Festival Special Jury Prize Documentary Winner and HBO Premiere
GASLAND: Can you light your water on fire?
View the Trailer and Buy Tickets: http://www.5pointstheatre.com/movie/gasland/
PRESS REVIEWS
“…one of the most effective and expressive environmental films of recent years.” - Variety “On the want-to-see- scale, GASLAND tops the list” - Washington Post“Riveting” - LA Weekly “GASLAND just might be the best film of the year.” - The Huffington Post “Over the past 8 days I was lucky enough to view 40 films…The most important film I saw was the documentary GASLAND…This examination of air quality and more specifically drinking water under attack from NYC to Ft. Worth was very eye opening.” - USA TODAY GASLAND is “well done. It holds people’s attention. And it could block our industry.” - Oil and Gas Journal President of the Natural Gas Supply Association “VOLCANIC…With humor and inquisitiveness, Fox has delivered 2010’s most alarming wake-up call.” - Hammer To Nail “When something emerges like Josh Fox’s GASLAND, a work of art which also happens to educate quite effectively…this is why festivals, even the big ones, are capable of surprises, because wonderful things do seep through the cracks. Precisely because it was purely personal…and that it was as concerned with aesthetic matters as issues, GASLAND may also be some ideal of that cherished sub-genre in many festival circles, the environmental film, which tends to leave art behind for the topic it’s addressing.” - Cinemascope
DETAILS
GasLand, the 3rd film in the Green Carpet Series comes to the 5 Points Theater Monday, June 6th!
When: Doors open at 5:30, Film starts at 6:30
Cost: $10
Stick around following the film, there will be a short Q and A session about “fracking” with a local Hydro-Geologist.
About the Fracking Film:
“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. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown.”
Official Movie Website: http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/
View the Trailer and Buy Tickets: http://www.5pointstheatre.com/movie/gasland/
The Green Carpet Film Series has been a HUGE success for the USGBC North Florida Chapter and for promoting sustainability here in NE Florida.
Come enjoy this entertaining film and thought provoking discussion afterwards.
See you in 5 Points Monday —-
Sarah Boren, LEED AP Homes & BD+C
Executive Director I U.S. Green Building Council North Florida Chapter
388 8th Street, Atlantic Beach, FL 32233
C: 904-535-0055 I Email: sarahboren@usgbcnf.org
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A 501(c)3 non-profit striving for a sustainable region with the following vision and mission:
Vision: Create a sustainable community in North Florida inspired by green building within a generation.
Mission: Promote sustainable development and green building through open, collaborative education and leadership.
Upcoming Events:
Jun. 6th — Green Carpet Film Series #3: Gasland at 5 Points Theatre; $10; Trailer & Tickets
Jun. 16th — Last Master Speaker lunch of our fiscal year
Jun. 18th — Green Run 5k at UNF (start training now and Register here); there will be award for Fastest LEED AP!
Jun. 24th — USGBC LEED 201: Core Concepts & Strategies; Register
Current Initiatives:
Downtown Jax Sustainability Resource Center — creating a place, face, and portal for green building & sustainability education
Green Schools in N FL — every child in a green school within this generation
Green Carpet Film Series — fostering dialogue and awareness on sustainability issues through films
Home Energy Challenge — encouraging everyone to reduce their home’s energy consumption by 20%
Operation DECON – partnership with Habijax and USGBCNF in systematically deconstruction homes in NE FL to salvage and resell materials and divert them from the landfill
