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FIRST, A WELCOME AND INTRO FROM DIRECTOR, BRIAN HEDDEN

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Our FINAL Goal: $20,000

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ABOUT THE FILM:

Fracking the System is a political thriller documentary from the front lines of climate justice activism in Colorado. When a fracking mega-site gets moved from a White neighborhood to a BIPOC neighborhood, a concerned mother fights to try and stop it. She soon joins the state-wide movement to change the law but the powerful oil and gas industry fights back with lawsuits, racialized harassment, political sabotage, and $50 million. Fracking the System is an investigative exposé about the harms of fracking, the lengths to which the government is complacent with industrial pollution, and the nefarious tactics the oil and gas industry uses to undermine democratic elections.

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WHEN WILL THE FILM BE COMPLETE?:

I began filming in late 2017 after I met Lakota elders who recommended I make a documentary about fracking and climate justice activism. Within the first few months of filming, I was immersed in this political thriller that kept revealing shocking truths about political activism, the oil industry, and the way government functions. Five years later, after filming 170 shoots, I created a rough cut which received incredibly positive feedback from preview audiences.

In 2022, I successfully raised over $30,000 from a crowdfunding campaign which was used to hire award-winning consulting editors and refine the rough cut to its current state, which is nearly complete. Now, to finish the film, I am raising funds for music licensing and independent distribution, including an impact campaign to take this inspiring film on tour at festivals and around the state. I plan to premiere the film in early 2024, with your support. Read more about our film and journey at our website, www.frackingthesystem.com

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR:

I have been an environmental activist-filmmaker since the age of 11 when I made my first recycling PSA. I have participated in many kinds of activism since then and, in 2017, I vowed to use my skills to make a film about what an ordinary citizen could do to fight climate change. Soon thereafter, I was invited by two Lakota elders to make a film about the anti-fracking movement in Colorado. I was inspired when I met the community and I became fascinated by their battles on the local level to ban fracking, only to have those local bans overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court.