Gasland (2010)

7.1/10 107 min Documentary

Overview

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.

Cast

Josh Fox

Self

Maurice Hinchey

Self

Louie Gohmert

Self (archive footage)

Dennis Hastert

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Pete Seeger

Self (archive footage)

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