(Filmed and directed by INSTITUTE artist Zed Nelson / Produced by Hannah Patterson)
Place: Curzon Soho cinema
Time: 10.45am for 11am start
Date: Sunday 13th December
Duration: 1 hour
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About the film:
“Beautifully shot...an emotionally engaging portrait of people without a voice”
- The International Film Guide (review)
Shelter in Place won the 2008 Short Pitch at the BRITDOC Festival, and was premiered at the Sheffield DocFest film festival last month.
It is the vast, sprawling complexes of oil refineries and petro-chemical plants that help make the Texan economy one of the biggest in the world. But does the wealth come at too high a price to the local community? Texan industries are legally permitted to release millions of tons of toxic pollutants into the air each year, plus thousands of tons more in ‘accidental’ or ‘unscheduled’ releases. When these incidents happen, local residents are told to stay in their homes and tape up their windows and doors. This procedure is called ‘Shelter in Place’. Communities living on the fenceline of Texan industry are usually poor, African American and powerless to protest. This film is an intimate portrait of a community battling against environmental pollution and corporate power.
