As a part of ongoing efforts to inform Denton voters on facts rather than scare tactics about hydraulic fracturing, the documentary FrackNation will be shown free of charge on Sunday, October 19 at 3 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Courtroom in the Courthouse on the Square in Denton. Any Denton voters are encouraged to attend.
According to the filmmaker, FrackNation documents a journalist’s search for the truth about hydraulic fracturing, which is used by the natural gas industry to maximize its production and which is commonly referred to as fracking. During that search, journalist Phelim McAleer faces threats, cops and bogus lawsuits. Questioning green extremists for the truth about fracking, McAleer uncovers fracking facts suppressed by environmental activists, and he talks with rural Americans whose livelihoods are at risk if fracking is banned. Emotions run high but the truth runs deep, McAleer reports.
McAleer notes that FrackNation was made after he confronted GASLAND filmmaker Josh Fox at a Q&A in Chicago. McAleer asked Fox about instances of water being lit on fire well before fracking occurred in America and why he didn’t include that information in GASLAND. Fox said the information “wasn’t relevant.” McAleer disagreed and put their exchange on YouTube. Fox sued to have it removed. That’s when McAleer realized there was more to the story of fracking than Josh Fox was letting on.
According to the FrackNation website, the film was funded by 3,305 backers on Kickstarter who generously donated $212,265 to investigate the truth about fracking and all funds from oil and gas companies or their executives were explicitly rejected. “FrackNation is a film by the people, for the people,” the film’s backers say.
