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Power Trip: Fracking in the UK (63mins, 2019)                                                           

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Power Trip: Fracking in the UK (63mins, 2019) takes you onto the frontlines of UK resistance in the battle to stop the controversial energy extraction process known as 'Fracking'.
Undercurrents shows what happens beyond the few seconds glimpsed on the mainstream TV news. We follow grandmothers (Lancashire Nanas) as they team up with younger activists (Reclaim the Power) to shut down Cuadrilla's drilling sites.

In Lancashire and Sussex trucks are occupied, drilling sites are blocked and supply chains are disrupted. Police are spending millions of pounds trying (and failing) to stop the daily protests. One man attempts to make a citizens arrest on the Prime Minister for allegedly misleading the public over this form of extreme energy extraction. The film shows the truck surfing actions which led to the controversial jailing of 3 people for protesting Fracking.

The film widens the discussion to highlight the role of the media and lobby groups in shaping public perception of unconventional gas and oil exploration.  We expose the role of John Browne (former BP boss and Cuadrilla boss)  in forcing Fracking onto the public. We hear from energy experts, journalists and key politicians amongst the voices of local residents and councillors.

The film has been supported by the Lush Film Fund

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Power Trip movie public showings

Power Trip public showings in 2019.
Links to venues are updated and dates added constantly;

18th Feb 2019, Quaker Meeting House, Bean St, Hull HU3 2PR 7.30pm
13th March 2019, Centre for Alt Tech, 
‘Energy Provision’ module
22nd Sept 2019, Barents Ecology Festival, Moscow
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Resources about Fracking           #powertripfilm

Where is Fracking banned?

Reclaim the Power- network of environmental activists

Refracktion- info on fracking in Lancashire

Preston New Road-  Lancashire Fracking site

Drill or Drop - Independent journalism on fracking

Frack off- find your local campaign group

Frackogram- who is who in the Fracking industry

Anti-Fracking Mural painter

United Resistance- get  yourself involved

Ecotricity green energy company

Support for jailed Fracking protesters

Cuadrilla- the Fracking company featured in Power Trip

OTHER MOVIES ABOUT FRACKING
The Bentley Effect (Australia)
Gasland (America)
First people jailed for protesting Fracking in UK



Fracking in the UK doesn’t make much sense. I think it was a test to see if it worked. We probably don’t need to do it."
John Browne (ex-Chairman of Cuadrilla) June 2019

Summer 2018 TOUR DATES
March 22nd Premiere in London (Lush studios) SOLD OUT
April 12th SOAS university London SOLD OUT
April 26th Pulborough, Sussex SOLD OUT
April 27th Sheffield, South Yorkshire
May 6th London SOLD OUT
May 7th Blackburn, Lancashire
May 8th Lancaster University
May 9th Manchester SOLD OUT
May 10th: Nottingham YMCA
May 10th Dorking, Surrey SOLD OUT
May 10th London (Brixton)
May 11th Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire SOLD OUT
May 12th Misson, Notts SOLD OUT
May 15th Sheffield, South Yorkshire SOLD OUT
May 16th Oxford City SOLD OUT
May 18th Hackney, East London
May 19th Wood festival, Oxfordshire 9:30pm SOLD OUT
May 20th Clevedon Community centre, Somerset SOLD OUT
May 22nd Blackpool, (The Grand Theatre) Lancashire
May 23rd Bristol (Hamilton House )
May 23rd
Depot cinema, Lewes, East Sussex
May 23rd Oxford (Lady Margarets Hall)
May 24th Forest of Dean,
Gloucestershire  SOLD OUT
May 25th Brixton, South London
June 6th
The Canvas Cafe, near Brick Lane London
June 7th Birmingham (
Bike Foundry)
June 9th Glastonbury, Somerset
June 11th Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
June 11th Leeds (Cafe Ollo)
June 11th Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
June 13th Warwick University (students only) 7pm
June 15th Oxford - Green Economic Institute
June 16th London
7pm  Kentish Town NW5 2RX
June 21st Avebury, Wiltshire
June 27th Totnes (
Royal Seven Stars' Ballroom)
July 17th Coventry (Peace House)
July 19th-22nd Buddhafield festival, Somerset
July 26th
Assoc for the Study of Science and Technology (Lancaster)
August 8th Frome, Somerset
August 3rd Green Gathering, Chepstow 9pm

August 17th Earth First! gathering, Sussex
August 24-27th Braziers' indi-film festival, Oxfordshire SOLD OUT
Autumn 2018 Dates
October 9th, Cambridge
7pm Friends Meeting House, Jesus Lane.
October 10th Leeds 7pm
October 23rd PECT, 4-6 Cowgate, Peterborough, PE1 1NA
October 24th, Glossop Labour Club Derbyshire
October 26th, Ovada Art Gallery, Oxford 7pm
Octobner 29th Birmingham FoE
November 4th, Bacup, Lancashire 4pm

November 9th, County Staff Club Stafford ST16 2NG
November 10th Reclaim the Power National Gathering, Sheffield
November 12th Crouch End, London 7pm
November 15th Brighton, Brighthelm centre 6pm
November 18th  Transition Totnes Film Festival  7.30pm

November 20th, Royal Agricultural University, GL7 6JS,  7pm
November 20th Cardiff University 6.00pm

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Interviews include (amongst others)
George Monbiot, Columnist and author
Caroline Lucas MP, Leader of Green Party
John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor (Labour)
Tamasin Cave, Spinwatch
Tina Louise Rothery, Lancashire Nanas
Anna & others,  Reclaim the Power
Paul Mobbs, Ecological Futurologist
Dale Vince, Founder Ecotricity
Prof. Andrew R. Barron, Director Energy Safety Research Institute
Kevin Blowe, The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol)
Ruth Hayworth, Journalist Drill or Drop
Jamie Kelsey Fry, New Internationalist
John Vidal, Environment editor The Guardian

Film Production Credits
Directed by: Paul O'Connor
Assistant Director: Zoe Boughton
Executive Producer: Erica Edwards
Music by: Raithism (links to the music used in the film)
Audio Mix: Dan Broughton
Animation by: Melissa Gunasena
Title Graphics: Claudio Laurini

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'Fracking' is a slang word for the process of injecting liquid at
high pressure into subterranean rocks and shale to force open
existing fissures to extract oil or gas"

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Filming Caroline Lucas MP at Fracking site
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