Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

Film Information:
Year:

2009

Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands

País:

 

Director:

Peter Mettler

Color:

Color

Format:

HD

Duration:

43 min

Production:

  • GUIÓN: Peter Mettler
  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Peter Mettler
  • MONTAJE: Roland Schlimme
  • PRODUCCIÓN: Sandy Hunter,
  • Laura Severinac

Contact:

  • Grimthhorpe Film Inc.
  • P.O. Box 67665, College/Spadina Postal Outlet
  • M5T 3M1 Toronto, ON, Canada
  • E grimfilm@ca.inter.net
  • contact@petropolis-film.com
  • W www.petermettler.com
  • www.petropolis-film.com

Synopsis

Located in the north of the continent, the northern forest of Canada have an abundant variety of plant life that goes 200 million years back. It is the world’s second largest reserve of bitumen, a combination of oil and sand. Mettler’s camera flies over that: an extension that features all kinds of textures and forms where one can begin to appreciate the richness of the landscape, the variety of colors, and the way industrialization modifies and interrupts nature.

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