Promised Land is one of the most informative & entertaining movies about real life and local economics in the United States today. Just when you think you understand all of the characters in the movie there is a big twist to the story at the end. The twist to the story at the end of the movie will make you question every source and quote you hear in the media and from City Council promoting oil and gas revenue benefits and jobs.
Here are some oxymoron examples our City Council is currently using in Hermosa Beach "environmentally safe oil drilling" and "carbon neutral". These hypocritical marketing buzz words should make you question the agenda of City Council and why they are unwilling to hold a public debate on the oil drilling issue.The movie also shows you how divisive money and oil can be on a community. It tears apart a small town that lacks intelligent political leadership and shows you the hidden corruption oil companies use to influence politicians. Just like Hermosa Beach, there are hardly any educated people doing research or who understand the risks of doing oil drilling so close to homes. In the movie a professor eloquently presents the risk factors of drilling to an audience at a public debate and turns the tide the oil drilling project.
The movie also shows you that our politicians have their priorities in the wrong place and should be thinking about our health and safety first before creating jobs. Not surprising a politician is willing to say anything for some cash presented and favors.
It makes you wonder why the Hermosa Beach City Council is under a confidentiality agreement (page 4) and never presented the settlement agreement in a public forum for debate. Sounds pretty corrupt and suspicious to me.Some critic lobbying groups have tried to discredit the movie by saying Middle East OPEC money has financed the movie . . .
After all, the movie "is financed in part" by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an OPEC member country.This is a stupid argument since 47% of the 27,000 fracked wells in the United States were for oil and 53% were for gas. Fracking is not just about gas. See DrillingMaps.com database for more details on fracking locations in US.
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Here is the the Promised Land Movie Trailer.
Here is some ridiculous propaganda trying to taint the movie claiming a conspiracy about Middle East oil money is behind the movie exposed fracking to promote oil. Excuse me . . . but there minority investments of Middle East oil money in just about every company in the United States and these claims are ridiculous For Matt Damon to claim he didn't know where some of the money came from is completely legitimate.
Josh Fox of Gasland discusses his view on the film about the oil and gas industry taking away and exploiting what we have work so hard to build.
