Frank Wolf

The Northern Gateway Pipeline Project is the linchpin of the Alberta Tar Sands endeavour--a plan to ship tonnes of extracted bitumen across two provinces for shipment to Asia. Director Frank Wolf and his compatriot Todd McGowan undertake a low-tech trip through the proposed route in this doc, making investigative pit stops along the way. What we see is disturbing, to say the least: the restructuring of the land will be radical, the economic benefits highly concentrated, the danger and likely outcome of spills truly fearsome. Wolf gives voice to the citizens whose lives will be upended by the project--some are ambivalent, most opposed, all are fearful. Local fishing guides, First Nations' bands who depend on salmon for their livelihood and culture, farmers whose land will be compromised by construction and pollution--these people and their lives are a definitive rebuke to environmental heedlessness and corporate greed. Wolf's documentary is brilliantly structured: his trip through the relatively unspoiled land of two provinces is a literal, slowly cumulative demonstration of what exists now, and what could be ruined tomorrow. His casual, detouring trek is an act of exposure and a witness to the likes of which our corporate media serves to marginalize. Here are the land and its people; here will be the natural and human costs of The Tar Sands.

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Lucky Days -- JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN TAKE IT DOESN'T MEAN IT SHOULD HAPPEN. Virginia (Angelica Torn) embarks on a quest for freedom during the last explosive weekend of Coney Island's renowned amusement park. After the reappearance of her childhood sweetheart (Luke Zarzecki), Virginia discovers hidden truths about her boyfriend (Federico Castellucio) and her neighborhood that will force her to abandon everything she's ever known to the wolf pack of developers buying up and tearing down the boardwalk, or to sacrifice herself to the world that created her. LUCKY DAYS is the last movie filmed in the Coney Island Amusement Park and offers a final glimpse into the faded glory of this historical destination that has been lost forever. ALSO STARRING: Will Patton, Tina Benko, Gail Gerber, Timothy Doyle, Denise Lute, Marilyn Sokol, Roberta Wallach, Gary Wolf, Frank Wood, with Anne Jackson and Rip Torn. PRODUCER EMERITUS: Paul Newman PRODUCED BY: Luke Zarzecki and Barbara Ligeti DIRECTED BY: Angelica Torn and Tony Torn 'A KNOCKOUT!' USA Film Festival 'A gritty and soulful directorial debut.' Michael Imperioli 'Shattering dialogue, brilliant acting and fine tuned direction.' Sandra Bernhard 'Thoroughly engrossing and oh-so beautifully acted, this little gem is, above all, achingly honest.' Shane Black