H2Oil
Filmmaker: Directed by Shannon Walsh
Canada / 76 min / English
Opening Weekend Date: 11 June 2010
Cinemas screening the film: key Cities
Read our exclusive interview with Director Shannon Walsh on the Birds Eye View Blog.
Ever wonder where America gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or Iraq you are wrong. America's biggest oil supplier has quickly become Canada's oil sands. Located under Alberta's pristine boreal forests, the process of oil sands extraction uses up to 4 barrels of fresh water to produce only one barrel of crude oil.
H2Oil follows a voyage of discovery, heartbreak and politicization in the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta against tar sands expansion. Unlikely alliances are built and lives are changed as they come up against the largest industrial project in human history.
Shannon Walsh - Writer and Director
Shannon Walsh is a filmmaker and writer who splits her time between Canada and South Africa. Her short fiction and documentary films have screened around the world from Bangkok to Rio De Janeiro at festivals such as the Brooklyn International Film Festival, Women in the Director's Chair and the Durban International Film Festival. H2Oil is her first feature film.
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