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Downstream Backstage: Toronto Screening

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An exclusive report from the Toronto screening of Downstream, the Babelgum-produced documentary about the controversial Alberta Oil Sands. Over 1200 people attended the event, while the discussion panel included the Academy Award-nominated director, Leslie Iwerks, the Emmy Award-winning producer, Philip Alberstat, as well as representatives from Greenpeace and the Canadian Parliament.
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Downstream - Behind the Scenes: Part 1
The first original production by and for Babelgum, Downstream focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta's oil sands. This taster clip shows the director, Academy Award Nominee Leslie Iwerks, heading to Fort Chipewyan, the local community that has been devastated by the polluting effects of the oil works.
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The first original production by and for Babelgum, Downstream focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta's oil sands. In this taster clip, director Leslie Iwerks and crew make a boat trip towards Alberta's very own 'heart of darkness'.
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Downstream
The first original production by and for Babelgum, Downstream focuses on the controversy surrounding the development of Alberta's oil sands. This beautifully photographed documentary is an eye-opening investigation into one of the world's most polluting oil operations. It includes interviews with ecologists, Canadian politicians, local residents and a very dedicated doctor, discussing the environmental, economic and health issues surrounding the oil sands development.
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From Pete Bishop, the animator behind the acclaimed Discovery series How to Destroy the World, comes this quick animated history of humans' insatiable lust for oil! Oil Story is a supporting feature to Dirty Oil, Babelgum's first original feature film production, and has been nominated in the Educational, Scientific and Industrial category of the Annecy International Animation Festival 2010, the world's largest animation event.

COMING SOON: Dirty Oil - Babelgum's first original feature film production. Narrated by Canadian actress and environmentalist Neve Campbell, this much anticipated feature documentary from Academy Award®-Nominated director Leslie Iwerks goes deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Northern Alberta, Canada.

To learn more, visit the Dirty Oil page.
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Dirty Oil - An Introduction
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