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Fracking the System: Colorado's Oil and Gas Wars

Fracking the System: Colorado's Oil and Gas Wars

When a fracking site is moved from a White neighborhood to a BIPOC neighborhood, a concerned mother tries to stop it.

2024•1h 31m
Documentary

Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice activism in Colorado. When a fracking mega-site gets moved from a White neighborhood to a BIPOC neighborhood, a concerned mother fights to try and stop it. This is an investigative exposé about the harms of fracking, the lengths to which the government is complacent with industrial pollution, and the nefarious tactics that the oil and gas industry uses to undermine democratic elections.

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Production

Earth Dog Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Patricia Garcia-Nelson

Self

Suzanne Spiegel

Self

Anne Lee Foster

Self

Jonathan Singer

Self

Micah Parkin

Self

Mike Foote

Self

Russell Mendel

Self

John Hickenlooper

John Hickenlooper

Self (archive footage)

Jared Polis

Jared Polis

Self (archive footage)

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