Petropolis
        
        
        -
            
            
            
            
                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...