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Petropolis

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Sun 18 July 2010 // 20:00

(Sun 18th, Mon 19th and Tue 20th / 8pm / £3/2 TTT)
(Peter Mettier / Canada / 2009 / 43 minutes)

Commissioned by Greenpeace Canada, this a film about the devastation of Alberta's tar sands by bitumen mining. Peter Mettier has created a beautiful and disturbing testament to the crisis in a poetic bird's eye view from above, shooting the sands in HD from the air without interview or narration. The majestic natural views tell their own tale...