event details posted by: begins: Aug 27, 9:00 pm ends: Aug 27, 11:00 pm location: CLARK PARK (45th & Regent, Philadelphia, PA 19143)

On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the Gulf Coast, are we witnessing the next major environmental disaster in our own back yard?

Friday August 27 8pm (or dusk)

Clark Park (45th & Regent Sts.)

Gasland

When filmmaker Josh Fox discovers that Natural Gas drilling is coming to his area – the Catskills/Poconos region of upstate New York and Pennsylvania - he sets off on a 24 state journey to uncover the deep consequences of the natural gas drilling boom.

Fox finds water that can be lit on fire right out of the sink; chronically ill residents of drilling areas in disparate locations across the U.S. with the same mysterious symptoms; huge pools of toxic waste that kill cattle and vegetation; well blowouts, and huge gas explosions consistently covered up by state and federal regulatory agencies. 2010; 107 minutes

Is the process of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale regions a threat to our drinking water?

See the film and stay for discussion about what this means for the Philadelphia area and what you can do about it.

Part of the 2010 IAC Summer Film Series.  Film showings are free.  Bring a chair or blanket. Schedule subject to change.

For more info, contact International Action Center at 215-724-1618 or phillyIAC@peoplesmail.net