Gasland (2011)

Gasland (NR) - Review

"The Water Down Below"

This documentary came at just the apex of the National "fracking" debate, an argument between the Oil & Gas Industries and their US opponents; that the act of pressurizing the lower strata of the Earth in order to fracture the shale underneath thereby releasing natural gas to the surface may or may not be environmentally safe.  A folksie small town appeal infused throughout, filmmaker (and banjoist) Josh Fox riled the huge OnG corps and started America talking with his aloof observations, as noble a pursuit as any filmmaker could hope for.

7 "Where's Erin Brockovich when you need her?" out of 10 (GOOD)