Unfractured @ Transitions Film Festival
Unfractured explores the toxic world of fracking, a process to extract natural gas from the Earth with drilling and toxic chemicals, through a new lens. Rather than focusing on the harms of fracking, which are addressed throughout the film, Unfractured is a film centered on Sandra Steingraber and her fight. By placing Steingraber front and centre, the documentary is able to explore the heart of activism and the importance of community in the face of corporate greed.
Filmed over a year, Unfractured follows Steingraber in her fight against the gas industry in New York. As debates and rallies continue, it becomes apparent to Steingraber that empirical evidence is not enough to win against the fracking companies, so she travels to Romania to learn more about effective activism. Here, the film takes a turn and the stakes are raised with unmarked cars, pepper spray, and police involvement. Unfractured follows the evolution of an activist and reflects on the risks and rewards of following your convictions.
CLASSIFICATION
*This film has been exempt from classification and is restricted to people over 15 years. People under 15 must be accompanied by an adult.
THE TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL
The Transitions Film Festival is a visionary program dedicated to spotlighting the complex challenges, cutting-edge ideas, creative innovations and mega-trends that are redefining what it means to be human.
We present positive, solutions-focused films and showcase cutting-edge ideas from around the world, along with the creative, academic, governmental, community and business leaders who are creating change locally.
The Transitions Film Festival has been inspiring audiences and powering social change since 2012, hosting festivals in Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin and facilitating screenings in Alice- Springs, Hobart and across Australia.
For more information, visit www.transitionsfilmfestival.com
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