TIPPING POINT: THE END OF OIL
Director TOM RADFORD, NIOBE THOMPSON
Countries Canada
Duration 93 min
Synopsis
The easy oil is gone. Now, the biggest construction project on the planet is transforming a pristine Canadian wilderness, and scientists are debating the environmental fall-out. In the age of the tar sands, we know there are sacrifices to be made. What no one expected was that a tiny Native community living down the river would reach out to the world for help, and be heard. A feature-length visual tour de force, taking us inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within an environmental issue of our age.
The easy oil is gone. Now, the biggest construction project on the planet is transforming a pristine Canadian wilderness, and scientists are debating the environmental fall-out. In the age of the tar sands, we know there are sacrifices to be made. What no one expected was that a tiny Native community living down the river would reach out to the world for help, and be heard. A feature-length visual tour de force, taking us inside the David and Goliath struggle playing out within an environmental issue of our age.