Land of Oil and Water DVD
Land of Oil and Water DVD
by Warren Cariou and Neil McArthur
Canada | 2009 | documentary | colour | 60 minutes total
DVD FEATURES THE FOLLOWING TWO FILMS
Land of Oil and Water - 45 minutes
Overburden - 15 minutes
Land of Oil and Water
Underneath the woods and wetlands of northwestern Canada lie roughly two trillion barrels of oil, fifteen percent of the world's known reserves and six times more than what's left in Saudi Arabia. This documentary film follows the journey of Warren Cariou, a writer from northern Saskatchewan, who learns that the oil companies from Alberta are expanding into his homeland.
Warren returns home, to the Cree and Dene community of La Loche and to the nearby Métis village of Buffalo Narrows, to talk to people about what they hope the development will bring, and about their fears. He then travels across the border to Alberta and speaks to the people there who have lived with the oil sands development for more than thirty years.
The Alberta oilfields are also the homeland of two small aboriginal communities, Fort Mackay and Fort Chipewyan, which lie along the Athabasca River. Warren learns of their struggle to preserve their traditional way of life in the midst of the largest and most destructive oil recovery operation the world has ever known.
This sensitive and nuanced documentary gives voice to the people who are most directly affected by the development that is driving Canada’s new role in the global economy. It is a story of change, of struggle, and of cultural persistence. Fundamentally it is about the different ways in which people value the land.
Overburden
Land of Oil and Water is matched by this shorter film (15 minutes) which focuses solely on the Alberta Aboriginal communities of Fort Mackay and Fort Chipewyan. It was an official selection at festivals including the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival.
About the Filmmakers
Warren Cariou teaches Aboriginal literature at the University of Manitoba where he is Canada Research Chair in Narrative, Community and Indigenous Cultures
Neil McArthur is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Manitoba and Associate Director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics.
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