Babelgum's first original film production focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta's oil sands.
Feature film: http://www.babelgum.com/di
Short film:
http://www.babelgum.com/do
On Twitter: @dirtyoildownstr
Feature film: http://www.babelgum.com/di
Short film:
http://www.babelgum.com/do
On Twitter: @dirtyoildownstr
Information
- Release Date:
- 2009/2010
- Genre:
- Environmental Documentary
- Studio:
- http://www.babelgum.com/dirtyoil
DOWNSTREAM Wishes a 2010 where the world ends its addiction to Oil and turns fully to renewable resources. A hope, a dream... a reality? Happy, safe and healthy holidays to you all and thanks for the great support during 2009!!!
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From Pete Bishop, the animator behind the acclaimed Discovery series How to Destroy the World, comes this quick animated history of humans' insatiable lust for OIL! COMING SOON: Dirty Oil - Babelgum's first original feature film production. ...
DOWNSTREAM Another story of river pollution...
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In 1965, the Cold War was running very hot, and in an effort to spy on the Chinese, the CIA mounted an expedition to Nanda Devi, a mountain in northern India, to place a listening device. Unforunately, bad weather forced the team off the mountain, abandoning the device in the process. ...
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Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN's negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol
DOWNSTREAM Follow what is happening in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference
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Courtesy of Shell Canada, with 178 billion barrels of proven oil reserves that ranks second only to Saudi Arabia, plays an important role on the supply side, the IEA said.
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Reuters "There are certain groups that just want to completely shut down the oil sands. That is completely unacceptable," said Canadian Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt.
DOWNSTREAM The new gold rush that is blackening Canada's name.
business.timesonline.co.uk
A giant mechanical digger gouges out a chunk of topsoil, grass and tree stumps, extending a neat furrow that stretches into the distance. Dozens of similar furrows run parallel with the regularity of a ploughed field.
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Tomorrow (28th October) at 730pm BBC World screening a twenty minute documentary on the Beaver Lake Cree and legal fight against tar sands called "Our World: Tar Sands". If go here can find out exactly when screens where you are... http://www.bbcworldnews.com/Pages/Schedu
Ally whooooooooooooo go dirty oil!! best movie ever
Louis Helbig for more of some of the photos used in Dirty Oil. http://www.beautifuldestruction.ca and http://www.louishelbig.com
DOWNSTREAM <Film critical of Alberta oilsands on Oscar short list>
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A film about an Alberta doctor who sounded the alarm about a string of unusual cancers in a First Nations community downstream from the Alberta oil sands has been named to the short list for an Academy Award for best short documentary.
DOWNSTREAM <As an added bonus the producing company Babelgum which is an integrated web and mobile video content platform available to a global audience will follow up the film online with updates and forums as well as promoting the film for theatrical release (www.babelgum.com) Leslie Iwerks says it is a goal to even have it sc...reened at the White House. The short which inspired this film, “Downstream” was shortlisted for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject.>
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From the makers of Downstream: Narrated by Canadian actress and environmentalist Neve Campbell, this much anticipated feature documentary from Academy Award®-Nominated director Leslie Iwerks goes deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Northern Alberta, Canada.
DOWNSTREAM Interview of Leslie Iwerks, director of Dirty Oil: http://bit.ly/1a4CYy
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During the Hamptons International Film Festival I interviewed Academy Award® Nominated Director Leslie Iwerks. Leslie Iwerks just finished a film called Dirty Oil.
