The Columbus International Film + Video Festival and The Sierra Club are screening Gasland on Monday, March 28 at 7 PM at the Gateway Film Center.
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.
http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/
Followed by a discussion panel including Don Hartley (Simply Living) and a representative from the Raven Rocks community.
Admission is only $5 (proceeds to The Sierra Club and the CIFVF)




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