Synopsis
Underneath the woods and the muskeg of northern Alberta lie roughly two trillion barrels of oil, fifteen percent of the world's known reserves and six times more than what's left in Saudi Arabia. The oil fields are also the homeland of two small aboriginal communities, Fort Mackay and Fort Chipewyan, which lie along the Athabasca River. The people of these communities are trying to preserve their traditional way of life in the midst of the largest and most destructive oil recovery operation the world has ever know. They are being blocked from hunting and trapping on their traditional lands. Their air and water is being polluted. The fish, berries and wildlife they depend on are being contaminated. They are suffering from some of the highest cancer rates in the world. These are their voices.
Credits
Screening Formats
| Screen Format |
Aspect Ratio |
Sound Format |
Subtitles |
| Digital File |
4:3 Letterbox |
Stereo |
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| Beta SP |
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Stereo |
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| DigiBeta |
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Stereo |
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| DVD |
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Stereo |
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Awards
| Date |
Name |
Event |
City |
| November 13, 2010 |
Best Short Film |
Native American Indian Film & Video Festival of the Southeast 2010 |
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Screenings
| Date |
Event |
| January 1, 2012 |
APTN Broadcast |
| November 10, 2011 |
Vancouver. Indigenous. Media. Arts. Festival. 2011 |
| September 25, 2011 |
Biindigaate Film Festival 2011 |
| July 22, 2011 |
Kiyanaw at Capital Ex 2011 |
| June 4, 2011 |
Dreamspeakers Film Festival 2011 |
| April 13, 2011 |
Cowichan International Aboriginal Festival of Film 2011 |
| March 22, 2011 |
March 21st Human Rights Film Festival 2011 |
| March 3, 2011 |
San Francisco Green Film Festival 2011 |
| November 19, 2010 |
mispon 2010 |
| November 13, 2010 |
Native American Indian Film & Video Festival of the Southeast 2010 |
| November 1, 2010 |
Regent Park Film Festival 2010 |
| November 1, 2010 |
American Indian Film Festival 2010 |
| October 1, 2010 |
Planet in Focus Film Festival 2010 |
Tags
Aboriginal, Alberta, community, corporations, environment, exploitation, first nation, health, landscape, oil, pollution, reservation
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