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11/01/2018 Grossly inaccurate and fear mongering. See more 09/27/2017 When are we going to learn that if we stick crap into the earth, she's gonna spit it out right back at us? And that we're going to end up eating it, drinking it and bathing our children in it? Whether it is garbage in landfills, acid water eating at the foundations of Joburg, or our latest toy, high-pressured, chemically treated, carcinogenic water that is used in the hotly debated fracking practice. It really does make no sense. In a nutshell Josh Fox is approached by an oil company to lease his land to them for fracking. They offer him a lot of money, enough to make him suspicious. He decides to investigate and sets off with video camera in hand to the closest county where fracking is being used. Mood of the film Josh starts out by being merely intrigued by people being able to set their tap water on fire. Soon the reality of the situation sets in and his mood darkens towards despair. Best one-liner A rhetorical question posed by a pro-fracker to Halliburton, the company pioneering fracking: "If you weren't able to do this hydraulic fracturing, how much more would we be dependent on foreign oil? And terrorism?" Best performance Josh is certainly the star of his own documentary, but he is upstaged on a few occasions by some intriguing characters he interviews. I especially enjoyed the auntie keeping dead animals in her freezer as proof. Horrifying scene A farmer uses a blowtorch to heat his well water, water both he and his wife drank. The liquid plastic in the water soon turns to small plastic sheets as it melts together! Negatives Not enough people will see this film. Is the film relevant today? Come on! FYI Visit http://www.stopfracking.co.za to help stop fracking in South Africa. See more 06/29/2017 5* because ot the thematic. Absolutely horryfying See more n a @RT15090372 08/13/2016 A documentary with a vitally important subject, which probably could have reached a far wider audience with a more experienced director. See more 04/02/2016 8/27/16 Netflix An eye opening, Oscar nominated documentary. Scary, disturbing, anger inducing and other adjectives apply here. Corporate greed, political corruption and the exploitation of the citizens is clearly detailed. Finally, there is the conundrum of reliance on foreign aources of energy versus locally produced energy. As an aside there is one more reason presented as to hy Dick Cheny may be the worst human in US history. See more 03/19/2016 Interesting, if worrying film. See more Read all reviews

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