The documentary, short-listed for an Oscar nomination, traces the history and motivations behind the controversial pipeline, and examines a host of damaging impacts it poses to the environment and livelihood of the people who live along its route from Alberta Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast.
“We won a temporary victory on Keystone XL, says Bill McKibben, “but the fight goes on.”
Following the film there will be a discussion led by Boston Tar Sands activists Marla Marcum, Education Director, Lexington United Methodist Church; Dorian Williams, Brandeis student; and Fran Ludwig, LexGWAC. All three women were arrested in tar sands protests at the White House this summer and attended the recent DC Keystone XL rally in Washington.
