Pipe Dreams Documentary Screening and Q&A with Leslie Iwerks January 13, 2012

The G2 Gallery is pleased to present a screening of the documentary Pipe Dreams, a documentary by Leslie Iwerks Productions about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The fate of America’s largest fresh water aquifer is at stake in the debate over Keystone XL, and a deadline for the decision to be made by President Obama has been pushed up from 2013 to February 21, 2012. Pipe Dreams is an important tool for thousands of people across the country successfully fighting the pipeline.

Across the heartland of America, farmers and landowners are fighting to protect their land, their water, and their livelihood against the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. Routed from Hardisty, Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, this tar sands pipeline is set to cross the country's largest freshwater resource, the Ogallala Aquifer, and the fragile Sandhills of Nebraska, posing devastating consequences to human health, livestock, and agriculture.

Narrated by Daryl Hannah, the film follows what many call “the greatest environmental battle in the U.S. today,” and has been screened on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., and in Nebraska for ranchers and affected landowners. The film is one of eight to have made the Academy's shortlist in the Documentary Short category, and the screening will be followed by Oscar and Emmy Award nominated producer Leslie Iwerks.

From January 10–February 19, The G2 Gallery will be exhibiting images of the Tar Sands—the dirty fuel source at the heart of the controversy—by award-winning photographer Garth Lenz.
The running time of the film is 39 minutes.