GASLAND: A film by Josh Fox. Chicago Premiere during Andersonville Green Week

Do you know what ‘fracking’ is and how it affects our air and drinking water? It’s time you do.

Mightybytes is proud to co-sponsor the Chicago theatrical premiere screening of GASLAND: A Film by Josh Fox, along with Andersonville Green Week, and the Peace on Earth Film Festival.

Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, GASLAND is a Special Jury Prize Winner - Sundance Film Festival 2010.

About the film, GASLAND:

“It is happening all across America—rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. Reason? The company hopes to tap into a reservoir dubbed the ‘Saudi Arabia of natural gas.’ Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground—a hydraulic drilling process called ‘fracking’—and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower. But what comes out of the ground with that ‘natural’ gas? How does it affect our air and drinking water? When filmmaker Josh Fox receives his cash offer in the mail, he travels across 32 states to meet other rural residents on the front lines of fracking. He discovers toxic streams, ruined aquifers, dying livestock, brutal illnesses, and kitchen sinks that burst into flame. He learns that all water is connected and perhaps some things are more valuable than money.” 

Sundance Film Festival (2010, 105 min.)

GASLAND

Friday, July 16th 8:00 PM

Chicago Filmmakers

5243 N. Clark St. 

Chicago, IL 

RSVP now to the GASLAND screening via their Facebook Event.

Andersonville Green Week is a celebration of living green by its residents and businesses. Check out the website to find out all of the cool activities from July 12-18.

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