RVC Environmental Film Series: Gasland
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Start Date: May. 02, 2012
Time: 6:00 PM
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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.
The RVC Environmental Film Series is free and open to the public. Films shown in the RVC Student Center Atrium (RVC main campus). Discussion will follow the viewing of the films.
For more info call (815) 921-3474.
