What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You! Split Estate (USA: 2009, 76 mins.)Thursday March 11, 2010, 7:00pm
U.C. Theater
Directed by Debra Anderson, Narrated by Ali MacGraw

Imagine discovering that you don't own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two hundred feet from your front door. Imagine another shocking truth: you have little or no recourse to protect your home or land from such development. Split Estate maps a tragedy in the making, as citizens in the path of a new drilling boom in the Rocky Mountain West struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health. Split Estate zeroes in on Garfield County, Colorado, and the San Juan Basin, but the industry is aggressively seeking new leases in as many as 32 states. As our appetite for fossil fuels increases despite mounting public health concerns, Split Estate cracks the sugarcoating on an industry that assures us it is a good neighbor, and drives home the need for alternatives — both here and abroad.

Discussions to Follow Each Screening. Please join us.

Producer's Web Site: www.SplitEstate.com

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