Gas-Fieber

oil workers, builders, geologists

A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

Found footage short about oil.

A documentary about the psychological costs of working in Alberta's oil sands and the mental health crisis that's been ignored for a decade.

Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family li...

An oil boom has drawn thousands to America’s Northern Plains in search of work. Against the backdrop of a cruel North Dakota winter, the stories of th...

What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?

Discover the "character" of one of Missouri's oldest tie and lumber operations through this archival black-and-white film that documents one of the la...

The French researcher Bertrand Monnet visits pirates in Nigeria and Somalia to learn how they make money from oil theft and kidnapping.

Oil is a primary energy source in the world. Global oil consumption reached approximately 95 million barrels per day but oil fields' quality is consta...

A documentary about a 15-day river-rafting trip on the Colorado River aimed at highlighting water conservation issues.

Mountain Gorilla takes us to a remote range of volcanic mountains in Africa, described by those who have been there as ""one of the most beautiful pla...

Introduction to the oil industry of India in the post-colonial period.

The little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our forests for fuel - the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and blatant green washing of th...