Beyond the Classroom presents “GROUNDSWELL RISING: Protecting Our Children’s Air & Water”

Monday, April 13, 7:00-9:00 pm

South Campus Commons Building 1, Room 1102

(http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/locationbtc.htm)

Groundswell Rising, Protecting Our Children’s Air and Water, the new documentary from Emmy Award-winning Resolution Pictures, captures the passion of people engaged in a David and Goliath confrontation. They stand together, challenging a system that promotes profit over health. We meet mothers, fathers, scientists, doctors, farmers and people from all sides of the political spectrum taking a hard look at energy extraction techniques not proven to be safe. With the Oil and Gas industry’s expansion of fracking seen as a moral issue, this provocative documentary tracks a people’s movement, a groundswell rising towards reason and sensitivity, to protect life, today and tomorrow. It’s a compelling and optimistic documentary about civil rights, the growing movement to defend our communities from industrial harm, and the tenacious people who are deeply committed to preserving the planet for future generations.

 

• “Groundswell Rising will get your blood going and your mind racing about how we can pull together to defend our communities from gas drilling and its crushing infrastructure.” --Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network.

• “No kidding this is a groundswell, and just in time! Fracking means big money to a few, which is why its spreading around the world–but the opposition from the rest of us is spreading just as fast, and this powerful film shows exactly why!” --Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org.

 

For details, go to: https://www.facebook.com/events/1377499979215678/