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UK film classification.htm  Groundswell

Filmmaker Johnny Gogan first learns about hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") from his sister in Pennsylvania. In 2011, the Irish Government award an exploration licence to an Australian company, Tamboran Resources, to explore the border region where he lives for Shale Gas. Simultaneously, the same company are licenced in the Northern Irish (UK) part of the gas-field that straddles the border. Fracking is a new technology in its current form and very little is known about its effects. The film Gasland (Josh Fox, 2010) is a source of insight for the community when they go to see it in the region's mobile cinema. A unique groundswell movement emerges. There are tensions within the movement on tactics, but a "positive" campaigning approach prevails. Ireland has recently experienced a financial crash and there has been a major confrontation with Shell over another gas project in nearby Mayo with serious community fall-out.

Duration
80 Minutes
Author(s)
Johnny Gogan
Director
Johnny Gogan
Cast
Nuala McNulty....Self
Eddie Mitchell....Self
Mark Ruffalo....Self
Sandra Steingraber....Self
Genres
Documentary
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