Fracking Stories

Working Films News

April 27, 2015 BY Molly Murphy

Fracking Stories is new compilation of six short documentaries that expose the public health and environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing, and the ways that communities are coming together to protect their land and water.

The series will launch in North Carolina, which lifted a moratorium on fracking last year. Events will take place across the state from mid-May to mid-June in Asheville, Durham, Fayetteville, Pembroke, Raleigh, Reidsville, Salisbury, Wadesboro, Wilmington, Pittsboro, and Winston Salem. A full schedule is listed below.

The NC screening tour is co-presented by The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Appalachian Voices, Clean Water for North Carolina, and Working Films.

If you live in another state, stay tuned. Fracking Stories will be showing in communities at risk of drilling in other parts of the country later this year.

For questions, contact Andy Myers, amyers@workingfilms.org

Screen Shot 2015-04-27 at 10.27.56 AM — Film still from Dr. Theo Colborn, one of the 6 shorts in Fracking Stories shows a drilling site less than 150 feet from an elementary school.

Pittsboro
In conjunction with Water Warriors
Tuesday May 19th, 6:30pm
Chatham Mills
480 Hillsboro St, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Hosted by: Appalachian Voices, The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Clean Water for North Carolina, and The Haw River Assembly

Fayetteville
Saturday May 23rd, 11:00am
Cameo Art House
225 Hay St, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Hosted by: Sustainable Sandhills

Raleigh
Tuesday May 26th, 7pm
Community UCC
814 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607
Hosted by: 350.org Triangle, Sierra Club Capital Group, and The Justice in a Changing Climate Group at CUCC

Wadesboro
Thursday May 28th, 7pm
Hampton B. Allen Library
120 S Greene St, Wadesboro, NC 28170
Hosted by: Pee Dee WALL

Asheville
Tuesday June 2nd, 7pm
Ferguson Auditorium at AB Tech
340 Victoria Rd. Asheville NC 28801
Hosted by: The Mountain Peoples Assembly, Clean Water for North Carolina, and WNC Frack Free

Pembroke
Thursday June 4th, 6:30pm
Pembroke Public Library
413 S Blaine St., Pembroke, NC 28372
Hosted by: Winyah Rivers Foundation

Winston Salem
Thursday June 4th, 7pm
Temple Emmanuel
201 Oakwood Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Hosted by: NC WARN, Temple Emanuel Environmental Movement (TEEM), and The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

Fayetteville (Second Event)
Thursday June 4th, 7:00pm
Cumberland County Public Library – Headquarters Branch
300 Maiden Lane Fayetteville, NC 28301-5032
Hosted by: Sustainable Sandhills, and Clean Water For North Carolina

Durham
Tuesday June 9th, 7pm
Motorco
723 Rigsbee Ave, Durham, NC 27701
Hosted by: Clean Water For North Carolina, and The Durham People’s Alliance

Wilmington
In conjunction with Water Warriors
Friday June 12th, 7pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St, Wilmington, NC 28401
Hosted by: The New Hanover County NAACP, The Cape Fear Group of the Sierra Club, and Working Films

Reidsville
Tuesday June 16th, 7pm
Whitcomb Student Center, Activity Room at Rockingham Community College
484 County Home Rd, Reidsville, NC 27320
Hosted by: The Good Stewards of Rockingham

Salisbury
Wednesday June 17th, 7pm
Stanback Auditorium at the main Rowan County Library
201 W Fisher St, Salisbury, NC 28144
Hosted by: Clean Water For North Carolina

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