Movies and TvShows featuring "shale-gas" theme.

A salesman for a natural gas corporation arrives in a small town to convince the residents to sell their land for hydraulic fracturing. However, he begins to question his own beliefs and the impact of his actions on the community.

How an Irish border community took on an energy company - and its own government - to force a change in the law on oil and gas…

Gas-Fieber is a documentary that explores the economic and political impacts of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, in Pennsylvania. The film examines the controversy surrounding the practice and its effects on the environment, the local communities, and the economy. It delves into the stories of farmers and residents affected by fracking, as well as the influence of big oil companies and the politics surrounding the issue. Through interviews and footage, Gas-Fieber provides a critical look at the consequences of hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania.

February 2011: 20 000 people demonstrate in southern France against the shale gas licenses that have been issued in backroom deals, Meanwhile the European Parliament begins its first inquiry on the subject, From the outset, there is a split between the conservative representatives, swayed by the economic arguments in favor of fracking, and opponents invoking the precautionary principle. In areas affected by the permits, people are getting organized, building their knowledge, and taking action. Local mayors step up, issue local bylaws and relay information about the situation up to the national government. This grassroots movement makes it all the way to European-level institutions.

Film art as a vehicle for denounce. This time, documentary film maker Kowalski chooses the seemingly quiet Polish landscape, a land chosen for gas drilling, making a careful examination through a cautious revision of the tracks left on the fields and the sincere confessions of discontentment of the farmers who witnessed the terrifying consequences of the intervention of great international corporations in the fields of Poland. The landscape in this resource-exploited land is infested by an invisible menace. With a special interest in the gaze of the oppressed, Kowalski delivers a somehow melancholic film, revealing a declaration of love to the land and nature before they go into oblivion.