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Tar Sands: the selling of Alberta
Mar 10, 2008

White Pine Pictures & Clearwater Media present:

TAR SANDS: THE SELLING OF ALBERTA
What price is Canada willing to pay for a stake
in this century's greatest energy bonanza?

Director Tom Radford
Producer Peter Raymont
World Premiere broadcast on Doc Zone
CBC TV - Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 9:00pm

"Tar Sands: The Selling of Alberta" captures the
intersecting storylines of a remarkable cast of characters
eager to cash in on the oil boom in Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Washington lobbyists, Newfie pipefitters, Chinese investors
and Norwegian industrialists descend on tar-soaked "Fort
McMoney", a modern-day Eldorado, where rents are sky-
rocketing and cocaine abuse is four times the provincial
average. Up for grabs - a stake in a $100 billion energy
bonanza and Canada's economic sovereignty.

This one-hour documentary, commissioned by the CBC,
tracks the growth of the world's largest reserve of
"unconventional" oil. A Florida-sized "environmental
sacrifice zone" has become Canada's contribution to U.S.
energy security in the post-9/11 world. But for many,
the Tar Sands are a global warming disaster.

As Fort McMurray bursts at the seams, children from Thunder
Bay to Cape Breton are made tar-sands orphans by their
migrant-worker parents. Canada's petrodollar breaks the back
of the manufacturing economy in the East. Cancer rates
skyrocket downstream of Fort McMurray while Rocky Mountain
glaciers melt and disappear. And all the while, Alberta
crude goes south to US markets while Eastern Canada pays
ever more for insecure Middle East oil. In an isolated
region of the north, Canada's future is being carved out of
the forest at a breakneck pace. "Tar Sands: The Selling of
Alberta" questions how much Canada is willing to sacrifice
for a stake in this century's greatest energy bonanza.

"Tar Sand" features interviews with stake-holders from all
sides including former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed
(1971-1985); journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk; General
(retired) Charles Wald, Former Deputy Commander, USAF;
oil broker Paul Michael Wihbey, President of the U.S. company
GWEST Consulting; Jeff Wiscombe, welder from Newfoundland
and Stig Bergseth, Senior VP, STATOIL, Norway's largest
company.

After co-directing the award-winning Arctic Dreamer in
2004, two of Canada's most respected documentary filmmakers
reunite as Director and Producer of Tar Sands: The Selling
of Alberta. Edmonton-based director Tom Radford's
career spans thirty five years, portraying the distinctive
character of the West and North to Canada and the world.
Producer, Peter Raymont is celebrating the 30th year of
White Pine Pictures, having traveled to Ethiopia, Nicaragua,
India, Rwanda, Chile and the High Arctic to direct and
produce over 100 documentary films, including the Emmy
Award-winning Shake Hands with the Devil: the Journey
of Romeo Dallaire.

Running Time: 41:38
http://www.whitepinepictures.com
http://www.clearwatermedia.com

USEFUL WEBSITES:

http://www.oilsandswatch.org
http://www.oilsandsdiscovery.com
http://www.tarsandswatch.org
http://www.capp.ca/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=688
http://www.oilsandsreview.com
http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/tarsandsfaq
http://oilsandstruth.org
Visibility: Everyone
Posted: Monday March 10, 2008, 11:32 am
Tags: energy destruction safety environment polution risks [add/edit tags]

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Diana Herrington (160) 		Monday March 10, 2008, 11:36 pm
Thank you Elena for bringing this here; wish I had seen it. Perhaps it will be on again.

Bob S. (0) 		Wednesday March 12, 2008, 2:14 pm
Sounds lika don't miss!

Elena P. (549) 		Wednesday March 12, 2008, 3:06 pm
Yes, it does. Thank you both!

Nabeelah H. (3) 		Sunday March 16, 2008, 10:12 am
www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-selling-tar-sands-of-canada

Elena P. (549) 		Sunday March 16, 2008, 3:06 pm
Signed. Thanks, Nabeelah!

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