YOUR INVITATION FROM WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:Gasland, the Oscar-nominated documentary about fracking – an environmentally destructive method of natural gas exploitation that may be used in the Karoo soon – will be shown at:
The Labia on Orange cinema in Cape Town on Monday 21 March at 6:15pm, on Tuesday 22 March at 8:30pm and on Wednesday 23 March at 6:15pmand at:
The Bioscope Independent Cinema in Johannesburg on Monday 4 April at 8.00pm, Tuesday 5 April at 8.00pm and on Friday 8 April at 8.00pm.Part
verite travelogue, part
expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown - Gasland is the must-see documentary of the year!
The largest natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudi Arabia of natural gas" just beneath the country. 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 town in the neighbourhood 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 Fox calls Gasland.
This documentary is particularly relevant to South Africans because Royal Dutch Shell and other local and international oil and gas companies are about to start exploring for natural gas in the Karoo. The fracking technique that will be used for extracting this gas is extremely water-intensive and known to cause devastating groundwater pollution.
Watching Gasland is a bit like watching the Karoo of the future – if we allow fracking to happen here!The screenings will be followed by a facilitated audience discussion.Tickets for the screenings at the Labia can be reserved by calling 021 424 5927. Tickets for the screenings at The Bioscope can be booked online at
www.thebioscope.co.za or by calling 087 830 0445. We strongly recommended that you reserve tickets to avoid disappointment.
This event is presented by the Labia, The Bioscope, www.fractual.co.za, a South African anti-fracking website, Earthlife Africa and While You Were Sleeping, a Cape Town-based non-profit film collective committed to bringing progressive, non-mainstream documentaries with important social, political and environmental messages to South African audiences.Contacts:The Labia:
021 424 5927
The Bioscope:
087 830 0445
www.thebioscope.co.zaOfficial film website:
www.gaslandthemovie.comFractual:
info@fractual.co.zawww.fractual.co.zaWhile You Were Sleeping:
Andreas Späth
084 749 9470
Andreas_Spath@yahoo.comwww.whileyouweresleeping.wordpress.com
