Still from To The Ends Of The Earth
Still from To The Ends Of The Earth
 

To the Ends of the Earth

by David Lavallée
This commanding exposé uncovers how the harvest of extreme fuel amounts to human and ecological devastation in the name of status quo extraction & consumption.
2016  ·  1h30m  ·  Canada
English
English subs
About the Film
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction, bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era. The people we meet are uniquely positioned to watch this global crossroads unfold. For example, the mayor of an Inuit village in Canada’s high Arctic who is concerned that seismic testing for oil in the ocean is blowing up the eardrums of the animals that the Inuit hunt to survive. Or the environmental lawyer who goes on a journey to areas that produce energy for the tar sands of Alberta — he learns of the massive inputs of energy that have to be put into this resource — and the reasons why the second largest oil project in the world is economically unsustainable. Or the river conservationist in Utah who fights to protect the Colorado River from oil shale projects that would disturb its headwaters.  TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH brings forward the voices of those who not only denounce the rise of extreme energy, but also envision the new world that is taking shape in its stead: a future beyond the resource pyramid, a post-growth economy.
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Festivals and Awards
2016
DocUtah Internation Documentary Film Festival, Official Selection
2016
Planet in Focus, Official Selection
2016
Doc LA Film Festival , Winner, Best International Environmental Film
In the Press
Review
Namaste
Editor
Jean Baillargeon
Producer
David Lavallée
Cinematographer
Grant Baldwin
Narrator
Emma Thompson
Writer
Fernanda Rossi
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About the Director

David Lavallée

David Lavallee

Producer/Director David Lavallee wears a great many different hats. He is a former school teacher, a hiking guide, and a grad student in psychology. More recently, he has become a documentary film producer and host. But above all he is a concerned citizen.
In late 2006, in response to what he saw as a lack of action on the part of society in response to climate change and responsible water management, he conceptualized the documentary film ‘White Water, Black Gold”.
In 2008, he appeared in a Much Music documentary with the rock band SUM 41 and Much Music VJ Hannah Simone.
David is a graduate of the Gulf Islands Film and Television School and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s Producer Emergence Program.
He lives in Nelson, B.C., where the powder is deep and the mountains are high.

 

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