Split Estate

Friday, August 7 - Thursday, August 13, 2009

Screening in DocuWeeks 2009. Imagine discovering that you don’t own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas 200 feet from your front door. Split Estate maps a tragedy in the making, as citizens in the path of a new drilling boom in the Rocky Mountain West struggle against the erosion of their civil liberties, their communities and their health.

Filmmaker in person Fri 8/7 at 8:00 and Sat 8/8 at 9:50!

• Country USA
• Language English
• Rating NR
• Year 2009
• Running Time 77 minutes
• Distributor Red Rock Pictures
• Director Debra Anderson

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