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This documentary explores the ethical and moral costs of hydraulic fracturing. Throughout the film, they passionately plead their case - “something that harms our neighbor harms us.”

While very different from the well-known fracking films, Gasland (2010) and Split Estate (2009), it is still worth viewing. Through using ethical and moral concepts, the film succeeds in providing another way to broach this divisive issue that is currently being debated around the U.S. This low-budget, non-flashy film is less emotionally-charged than its peers and may appeal to audiences outside of the environmental activism community, such as social justice programs in churches and synagogues. Also, the documentary will be of interest to those studying environmental justice, environmental ethics, and the social impacts of the oil and gas industry.

In case viewers or educators need to know in advance, Jewish and Catholic beliefs are discussed primarily when exploring the ethical question “Would God frack?” Overall, the presenters are careful to be considerate of other religions, only two of the six presenters are theologians, and many of the questions explore ethics instead of religion.