FrackNation- Mark Ruffalo's Neighbors Invite Him to FrackNation Screening

Lake Huntington, NY--Mark Ruffalo's farming neighbors would like to publicly extend an invite to the Hollywood anti-fracking celebrity:

Dear Mark Ruffalo,

You're cordially invited to attend the May 8 screening of FrackNation in Lake Huntington and participate in a Q&A afterward. 

This will be a great way for us to meet and exchange ideas about fracking.

Sincerely,

- Your Neighbors

 

Ruffalo will have the opportunity to participate in an open dialogue with the other residents of Sullivan County who organized the screening. It's being hosted by Sullivan Delaware Property Owners Association, the Bethel Property Owners Coalition, and the Joint Landowners Coalition of NY.

"I'm delighted that the residents of Sullivan County invited me to speak at this screening," said Phelim McAleer, director of FrackNation. "I think Mark Ruffalo may be surprised to hear what his farming neighbors have to say. They have educated and informed themsevles. Mark just might learn something."

 

The Sullivan County residents hope the Q&A is a chance for Ruffalo to hear their side of the story about fracking--not just the side presented in the now throughly debunked documentary Gasland.

"If Ruffalo is interested in the truth, then he better talk to his farming neighbors," said McAleer. "But is he interested in what they have to say? Or is he just interested in the opinions of urban elites like Susan Sarandon and Yoko Ono? I guess we'll find out on May 8."

Details:

May 8, 2013 at 7 p.m.

Sullivan West High School
Auditorium
6604 State Rt 52
Lake Huntington, NY 12752

"Pro-Fracking" Filmmaker Brings Doc to NY & PA

Pennsylvania & New York Welcome Controversial "Pro-Fracking" Filmmaker

Hollywood, CA--Phelim McAleer, director of controversial "pro-fracking" documentary FrackNation, will speak at four screenings of the film in Pennsylvania & New York in early May. 

 

"It's exciting to bring FrackNation to the very heart of the fracking debate," said McAleer. "And in New York, where a never-ending moratorium is driving the state deeper into a recession, some people badly need to hear the facts about fracking."

 

FrackNation investigates the claims of HBO's documentary Gasland and finds that many of the scare stories are exaggerated or simply false. The New York Times called FrackNation "meticulously researched" and said that “much of what it reveals is provocative.”

McAleer attended the premiere of Gasland 2 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. But after he asked difficult questions of Josh Fox during a red carpet photo shoot, Tribeca staff refused entry to McAleer and a group of pro-fracking farmers even though everyone had tickets.

"They want 'controversy,' but only of the kind they agree with, and it can only come from people who look and sound like them," McAleer said in a New York Post article. "The rest of America can just stay on the sidewalk." 

 

McAleer will speak at screenings in Jamestown NY, Franklin PA, Warren PA, and Lake Huntington NY. For more information about times and registration information, please visit FrackNation.com/Screenings.

Battle of the Fracking Filmmakers at Tribeca Film Festival

Hollywood, CA--Phelim McAleer, director of controversial "pro-fracking" documentary FrackNation, will attend the premiere of rival filmmaker Josh Fox's Gasland 2 in New York, NY at the Tribeca Film Festival. 

 

McAleer's FrackNation debunked many of the more dramatic claims in Fox's first Gasland, and he will likely clash with Fox again at Tribeca, providing instant analysis and reviews of the Gasland sequel.

Variety said that FrackNation "makes a good case against Fox's movie" and that it "debunks the famous Gasland scene of a fracking 'victim' setting his tap water on fire."

"Fox's first Gasland has been thoroughly debunked," McAleer said. "It will be interesting to see if he corrects his inaccuracies like a real journalist or if he doubles down on them like a real anti-fracking activist."

 

"If his recent short film The Sky Is Pink is any indication, Josh Fox is not interested in the truth. In it he claimed that fracking causes breast cancer," McAleer continued. "But reputable oncologists across the country stepped up to rebuke him. The Associated Press even debunked the claim."

 

"How Fox deals with this misinformation in his new film will say a lot about him as a journalist and the anti-fracking movement in general."

 

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FrackNation Director Withdraws from IMF Conference After Censorship

Hollywood, CA—Phelim McAleer, journalist and director of controversial "pro-fracking" documentary FrackNation, has withdrawn from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Conference after the organizers censored his presentation and speech.

IMF would not allow him to play a clip from FrackNation that criticized Russia about its opposition to fracking.

“It’s actually unbelievable that a conference by IMF and Oxford University would want to censor one of their speakers to protect one of the wealthiest countries in the world,” McAleer said to the Washington Free Beacon. “Do people really want to go to a conference where opinions on powerful people are censored?”

Phelim was scheduled to give the keynote address on March 20 at the Understanding International Commodity Price Fluctuations Conference. 

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FrackNation - Controversial “Pro-Fracking” Film to be Showcased by IMF

IMF to Show Clips from FrackNation during International Conference

PRESS RELEASE | March 18, 2013

Hollywood, CA—Phelim McAleer, director of controversial "pro-fracking" documentary FrackNation, will speak and show clips from his film at a conference hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Oxford University. 

Phelim will give the keynote address on March 20 at 12:15 p.m. Eastern at the Understanding International Commodity Price Fluctuations Conference. 

"This is great opportunity to speak the truth to influential leaders and decision-makers," McAleer said. "IMF has an international reach, places where they need to hear the truth about fracking—not the lies or misinformation perpetuated by films like Gasland and the anti-fracking movement."

FrackNation follows journalist Phelim McAleer as he faces threats, malicious 911 calls and bogus lawsuits questioning green extremists in a search for the truth about fracking.

The film has generated huge controversy since its release January 22 on Mark Cuban's AXS TV.

Tom Wilber, a journalist who has written extensively about shale gas development, said that FrackNation "falls well short" of telling the truth and that it contains a "Limbaugh brand of contempt."

 
But The New York Times called FrackNation "meticulously researched" and said that “much of what it reveals is provocative.”
 
"It's important that world leaders educate themselves about fracking. It's the future of energy," McAleer said. "FrackNation challenges anti-fracking claims and debunks the myths. Everyone interested in energy policy—and truth—needs to see FrackNation."

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Phelim McAleer will be available for interviews before and after the event. To schedule, please contact: media@fracknation.com or call (310) 823-0500.

Details:

Understanding International Commodity Price Fluctuations Conference
Lunch address by Phelim McAleer

March 20, 2013 
12:15 p.m. Eastern

IMF
700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20431