Gasland
Gasland is written by filmmaker Josh Fox and scene set American documentary from the year 2010. The film deals with the effects of the already widely used in the U.S. deep drilling fracking to be tapped with the gas well, by creating underground artificial cracks. For this he traveled through several affected regions of the United States. The film presents one hand statements and experiences of the affected by the negative impacts residents, and lets the other hand have their say many experts. In addition to an Oscar nomination for " Best Documentary " he received several awards, including an Emmy.
Content
In May 2008, Josh Fox was offered $ 100,000 in writing. This sum wanted him to pay a company to lease his land and to open up there with a internationally known as hydraulic fracturing method gas deposits. Thereupon he was informed in four states (Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia) on the consequences it might have for him to accept this offer. During this trip he was invited to homes where the families living there were able to light their tap water.
With this knowledge, Fox traveled to four additional states (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Texas) and visited areas, in which already won at least ten years with hydraulic fracturing gas. There, too, he spoke with residents and explored abnormalities. After he had spoken in the documentation with scientists, policy makers and industry representatives, was it brought to my attention that the subject of his unfinished film has now been officially discussed in Congress.
Production
The creation of the film took 18 months, during which originated a total of 200 hours of footage. Josh Fox initially had only one helper, but his team grew. For the film montage finally joined the Cutter Matt Sanchez in the team.
Criticism
The Oil & Gas Conservation Commission of the State of Colorado and complaining that the filmmakers were committed several errors in the representation of events in Colorado.
According to the conservative- libertarian think tank Heartland Institute can research the journalist Phelim McAleer suspect that not all shown incidents of flammable tap water a causal relationship to the natural gas consists, as are present at least in one case reports of natural methane in groundwater, which even down to 1930 go back long before began in the region with natural gas production.
Robert Koehler of Variety magazine called the documentary " one of the most effective and impressive environmental films of recent years " ( "one of the most effective and expressive environmental films of recent years" ). He also wrote that the film " could be the dangers of natural gas, which was Silent Spring DDT " ( " Gasland june become to the dangers of natural gas drilling what Silent Spring what to DDT ").
Nusbaumer Stewart wrote in the Huffington Post that the film could outraged viewers and thus make equal to activists. ( " Gasland ... just might also take you from outrage right into the fire of action. " )
Awards and nominations
The film won several awards including an Emmy for Josh Fox. In addition, he received nominations for an Academy Award as well as other Emmys.
Awards (selection)
- 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for Nonfiction Programming Josh Fox
- 2010 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Nominations
- 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
- 2011 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay.
- 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming ( Josh Fox)
- 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming ( Josh Fox)
- 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Nonfiction Programming ( Josh Fox)
Effect
Following the release of documentation, there was in Europe step up resistance against planned deep drilling.