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Synopsis: Moving between a local microcosm and the global oil crisis, H2Oil weaves together a collection of compelling stories of people who are at the front lines of the biggest industrial project in human history: Canada's tar sands. H2Oil is a feature-length documentary that traces the wavering balance between the urgent need to protect and preserve fresh water resources and the mad clamoring to fill the global demand for oil. It is a film that asks: what is more important, water or oil? Will the quest for profit overshadow efforts to protect public health and the environment in Canada's richest province?
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Shannon Walsh, Alan Kohl (co-director)
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
14%
Year:
2009
76 min
123 Views


We need to know where

we're going.

Our health is very important.

We must regain control

and say

what they are doing is wrong.

They are killing us and are trying

to silence Dr. O'Connor.

But in our view, he is a hero.

And that the government

can not take it away.

I do not know if

going to that rig

It looks like the equipment.

There is a platform

Drilling on top of us.

They bore into the aquifers.

It concerns me greatly.

The level of our water is very low.

I know they use water

groundwater for their operations.

So I want to understand

the scientific process

whether their activities

affect our source.

Good morning. Sorry

I did not wake you up.

I wonder...

Everything I do,

is drill a hole...

and you can turn off

or from your camera.

... I can shoot a little?

- No.

Let us go. They monitor.

I tried to remain neutral

hoping it would

information, but no, nothing.

I asked two simple questions:

One, do I see a

higher number of diseases?

Two, how to explain it?

Is it genetics, lifestyle,

a simple bad luck?

Or is it an environmental effect?

In recent years,

we called for an investigation

Health in Fort Chip

but I recently discovered

we made this request

for years in vain.

I do not understand why.

Today, we risk a

genocide Fort Chipewyan

the name of profit and prosperity

Alberta, Canada.

This should not happen

today

Fort Chipewyan.

This should not happen in Alberta

Canada, a G8 country.

The sector is large,

a settling pond

of several square kilometers

and Monday, hundreds

birds encountered here.

Of the 500

birds that landed

on this pool of toxic Syncrude

we recovered only a few.

There seems to see little hope

save the ducks.

A bird covered

oil flowing immediately.

This incident occurred

when Alberta

launches campaign

of $ 25 million

for the oil sands.

Business Without Borders

The government and all

affected groups

pride in management

oil sands

and satisfactory image

we have created.

The world sees us

as a model.

We have made

what was predicted in 1890

by an officer who visited

the Athabasca

and I quote:

"When the time of the sands

tar ring,

"It will be one of the wonders

Northern Development. Thank you. "

Heather Kennedy made

a speech last night.

I know very well

this woman at Suncor.

And senior advisor

She now works

for the government,

service approvals.

What conclusion do you draw?

It is not only unusual,

is unacceptable.

This person is a part

executive at Suncor

and as Assistant Deputy Minister

Development Manager

around Fort McMurray,

Suncor and still pays a salary.

Conflict of interest

is so obvious

you can not hide it.

First Nations have found

it was important that Suncor

come into the community

to give us problems,

especially in terms

Spills

the Athabasca River.

About these

types of spills,

How about some

cause cancer?

Some have

carcinogenic contaminants?

Carcinogenic PAHs?

It is a matter of dosage

and exposure time.

It also depends on the people,

some are more prone

cancer than others.

- Well, yes.

- They can help,

but I can not say

it's absolutely the case.

There are many factors involved

So why

do you continue to do that?

We lost

many people here.

We bury our dead without stops.

And the government gives

still operating license.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

We work

instructions of the Government

and we are doing the impossible

to do better than these instructions.

Christine,

there are many angry people here

and you wonder why?

Nobody wants to drink the water

or eat fish or game.

When 500 ducks died,

Premiers

Alberta and Canadian

have requested a full investigation.

We, all we ask,

is a preliminary study of health

and no one reacts.

Nobody comes here to listen

and try to find

solutions to the situation

desperate as we live.

Neither Suncor or Syncrude

neither the Government of Alberta

nor the federal government.

It's very hard to hear

what you're saying.

You do not believe us.

You do not believe

what the government says,

you do not believe us

when we tell you

that water quality is good.

I have a question.

Why did you bring

bottled water?

This confirms

there is a problem with water.

And another question:

Will you live here? Would you eat

of fish have tumors?

Sometimes we speak

the same language.

And that's what I see here

tonight.

We do not speak the same language

and we do not understand.

How can we

initiate discussion

for us to understand

what happens

and what causes such anger

and such a fear in you?

Because we

do not want that either.

As head, I can tell you

that this could

cause a real disaster

in the judicial system.

I recommend

to work hand in hand

with First

nations in the region.

When we ring the alarm

because there are problems,

it's not for lack of attention,

because our community is

endangered

and we will not tolerate

it longer.

Oil is like

a wild animal.

Whoever finds

becomes the owner.

So said John Paul Getty,

the industrialist who founded Getty Oil.

In Canada,

His words are still true.

You do not have

oil at least to hold shares

Exxon Mobil

Suncor, Petro-Canada

or any other big

private company that controls

oil reserves of Canada.

We do not ask

compensation,

We want the area to be protected.

It is the source that feeds

many rivers here.

I think we will call

the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

You can not...

It has to be the Ministry

Environment?

To cease operations until

what is statistics?

Okay. Thank you. Bye-Bye.

She hung up immediately

she understood.

If it is registered,

I have to ask

my supervisor to come.

We will discuss and remember.

It was the person who...

Ministry of the Environment?

No, the AEUB.

You see?

We must get out of the province,

that's what I always said.

Because people here do nothing

and we are going in circles.

As a leader,

it breaks my heart to see

our land in danger.

As people

First Nations

we must show

and let the world know

what is happening in our region.

Because if people

do not know,

will continue

to apply oil

that comes from oil sands.

For the first time

I come to Ottawa.

I am sometimes nervous

when I speak in public,

but if you want to do

the message,

you must speak to the public.

We are in Ottawa

to ask for help

Federal Government

must protect the First

Nations across Canada.

The Government of Alberta

does not protect us.

He did not intend to protect

our environment

and resolve problems

Health of Fort Chipewyan.

We believe that the government

Alberta and industry

do not follow any

guidelines in place.

Nowhere in the world

do we want to destroy a region

the size of Florida.

Environmental advocacy group

Nowhere do we find the

Toxic ponds so enormous

they are visible from space.

This study did not receive

Stelmach's attention

which ruled out.

The study was made by Defence

Toronto Environmental.

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Shannon Walsh

Shannon Walsh is a Canadian filmmaker, writer and scholar. She has directed three feature documentaries H2Oil (2009), À St-Henri, le 26 août (2011) and Jeppe on a Friday (2013).Walsh, who was born in London, Ontario, Canada, is also an academic, and teaches film production at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Theatre and Film. She is the editor, along with Jon Soske, of Ties that Bind: Race and the Politics of Friendship in South Africa published in 2016. more…

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