Gasland

2011 Academy Award nominee: Best Documentary Feature. When filmmaker Josh Fox received an offer of $100,000 for the natural gas drilling rights to his northeastern Pennsylvania property, he set off on a cross-country journey to investigate the potential hazards of agreeing to the deal. What he discovered was the largest domestic natural gas drilling campaign in history, a movement currently sweeping the nation that’s promising landowners a quick and easy payoff, but leaving behind a burning trail of secrets, lies and catastrophic environmental damage.