Films

In Attendance: Shannon Walsh & Sarah Spring

In Canada’s richest province, the war for water has begun.

It goes without saying that water – its depletion, exploitation, privatization and contamination – has become the most important issue to face humanity ­­this century. Water security will soon define boundaries between people and countries. The war for oil is well underway across the globe, and a struggle is increasingly being fought between and over both water and oil.

Alberta's oil sands are at the tension center as the province rushes towards large-scale oil extraction that will have far-reaching impact on water, health, animals, and the environment.

In H2OIL, filmmaker Shannon Walsh personalizes this potential global disaster by documenting her friend’s personal battle with the oil and gas companies who are threatening the fresh water spring that has been in the family for generations.

Walsh weaves together a collection of disparate but intersecting characters as they respond, engage, defend and seek solutions to the wavering balance between the urgent need to protect and preserve fresh water resources and the mad clamoring to fill the demand for oil globally.

This film has been rated: PG - Content advisory - Mature Themes