Upcoming Films

Wednesday 25 April 2007: "Those Who Dance" – a film about Rossport

This fifty minute documentary produced by filmmaker Mayyasa Al-Malzi, documents the struggles, oppression, and similarities of the people of Rossport, Co. Mayo and Ogoniland in Nigeria, the victims of the oil and gas industry in its pursuit of profits disregarding any obligations they own to the communities and environment were they extract or are attempting to extract the resources form.

Interviews are conducted with Shell to Sea activists, Ogoni exiles, Shell's public relation representatives in Mayo, and Ogani Solidarity Ireland. What is most striking about this film is that it cuts tough nationality and caste to reveal the similarities both these people face, be it in the third world or the first world from economic exploitation.

“We are aware of the fact that there is so much wealth in our land and all of it is being taken away by a company called Shell, and the Nigerian government is obviously encouraging it and supporting it. We call it economic slavery."

- Ogani exile

Wednesday 30 May 2007: Oil, Smoke & Mirrors

Oil Smoke & Mirrors" offers a sobering critique of our perceived recent history, of our present global circumstances, and of our shared future in light of imminent, under-reported and misrepresented energy production constraints.

Through a series of impressively candid, informed and articulate interviews, this film argues that the bizarre events surrounding the 9/11 attacks, and the equally bizarre prosecution of the so-called "war on terror", can be more credibly understood in the wider context of an imminent and critical divergence between available global oil supply and global oil demand.

The picture "Oil, Smoke & Mirrors" paints is one of a tragically hyper-mediated global-political culture, which, for whatever reason, demonstrably disassociates itself from the values it claims to represent.

While the ideas presented in this film can at first seem daunting, it's ultimate assertion is that these challenges can indeed be met and surpassed, if, but only if, we can find the courage to perceive them.
"Oil, Smoke & Mirrors" is an independent production. The producer has neither association with, nor membership of, any political organisation.

Wednesday 27 June 2007: Escape from Suburbia

In ESCAPE From SUBURBIA director Greg Greene once again takes us "through the looking glass" on a journey of discovery – a sobering yet vital and ultimately positive exploration of what the second half of the Oil Age has in store for us.
Through personal stories and interviews we examine how declining world oil production has already begun to affect modern life in North America. Expert scientific opinion is balanced with "on the street" portraits from an emerging global movement of citizen's groups who are confronting the challenges of Peak Oil in extraordinary ways.