WAMC Presents Two Films with Two Opposite Viewpoints on the Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale

ALBANY, NY (06/08/2010)(readMedia)-- Right, Left & In Between Dialogue planning committee and The WAMC Documentary Film Series presents Gas Odyssey vs Gasland -Two films - Two view points - One topic Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale on Saturday, June 19th at 1pm at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. A $5.00 donation is suggested. Both films will be screened at The Linda the week prior to the debate. Gas Odyssey will be screened on Tuesday, June 15 at 7 pm and Gasland on Thursday, June 17 at 7pm. Each screening is $6.00 and tickets can be purchased at www.thelinda.org.

Gas Odyssey vs Gasland:

Come hear from real people, local activist leaders from a wide spectrum of political opinions both "left" and "right". Audience questions will be addressed. It's time to get past the sound bites and bring together members of our community to talk this through issues amongst ourselves. Your Capital District neighbors may surprise you on what they agree or disagree on, but they will certainly get you thinking.

The Right, Left and In Between Dialogue Planning Committee consists of members active in the following local organizations: MoveOn.org Capital Region Council , Campaign for Liberty, Interfaith Alliance of NYS, 9-12 project, Capital District Greens, We The People, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, John Birch Society, Labor Religion Coalition, and ARISE (A Regional Initiative Supporting Empowerment).

Guest speakers are yet to be determined but updates on this debate can be found at www.thelinda.org.

Gas Odyssey http://www.gasodyssey.com/

Gas Odyssey will be screened on Tuesday, June 15 at 7pm at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. Tickets are $6.00. The film will follow with a Q & A panel with the Director of Gas Odyssey.

When filmmaker Aaron Price heard about the Marcellus Shale, he was motivated to find out all he could about it, especially its economic potential for the areas he grew up in-Northeastern Pennsylvania and the New York Southern Tier. That, coupled with the misinformation he heard, drove him to make his first documentary, Gas Odyssey. The film explores what drilling in the Marcellus Shale has meant for Northeastern Pennsylvania and what it could mean for the New York Southern Tier. Aaron interviewed small business owners, educators, workers, landowners, farmers, politicians, community leaders as well as an environmental consultant and a hydro-geologist. Gas Odyssey captures what drilling in the Marcellus Shale means for the hopes and aspirations of an entire region, and what the environmental challenges of drilling really are.

Gasland http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/

Gasland will be screened on Thursday, June 17 at 7pm at The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. Tickets are $6.00.

When filmmaker Josh Fox discovers that Natural Gas drilling is coming to his area-the Catskillls/Poconos region of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, he sets off on a 24 state journey to uncover the deep consequences of the United States' natural gas drilling boom. What he uncovers is truly shocking-water that can be lit on fire right out of the sink, chronically ill residents of drilling areas from disparate locations in the US all with the same mysterious symptoms, huge pools of toxic waste that kill cattle and vegetation well blowouts and huge gas explosions consistently covered up by state and federal regulatory agencies. These are just a few of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND.

Live performances, film, debate, theater and more. It's all happening at The Linda. To find out more about upcoming events and to purchase tickets, please visit www.thelinda.org . "THE LINDA" WAMC's Performing Arts Studio is a multi-purpose facility located at the corner of Central Avenue and Quail Street in Albany, New York. The 210-seat performing arts studio hosts a diverse selection of events including concerts, debates, lectures, films, and other activities, many of which will be broadcast throughout WAMC's seven-state listening area and online at www.wamc.org.