Truthland

"Truthland," the Factual Alternative to "Gasland," Launches Nationwide

In 2010, documentary film "Gasland" was released. The film purports to show the environmental and health effects of hydraulic fracturing of gas shale. Unfortunately, the film is replete with distortions and outright fabrications. There have been many articles and interviews by experts debunking the case made in Gasland. Now there is a documentary – Truthland.

This film follows Shelly DePue – a mother, grandmother, farmer and science teacher from rural Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania -- as she travels around the country talking with public officials and gas production experts to get accurate answers to her the concerns raised in Gasland. Her journey in search of the truth is captured and chronicled in "Truthland"

"When we were told we could have natural gas under our farm, we felt very blessed," said Shelly. "But that excitement was tempered somewhat by the negative stories we had heard about hydraulic fracturing. Then came 'Gasland,' and that made it even tougher to determine what the truth really was. Well, the science teacher in me had questions, and I owed it to my family to go and find out what was real. To get our questions answered, I knew I needed to go where the experts were. And so, that's exactly what I did."

Truthland is a project of Independent Petroleum Association of America and Energy In Depth, and the costs associated with the production of the 34-minute film were underwritten by industry. But none of the experts who appear in the movie (Shelly included) were paid any money for their time or participation. The only thing they were asked to do was tell the truth: as best they knew it, and however they saw it.

Along with the official launch of the movie this week, the first official screening of the film took place on June 16 in Columbus, Ohio, as part of a larger event co-hosted by the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and a number of other supporting organizations. A 35-stop Truthland screening tour, covering more than a dozen states, will commence from there. For information or to view the film, go to: www.TruthlandMovie.com

The Trailer.