Phelim Mcaleer: Film Analysis

FrackNation is a documentary produced by Phelim McAleer. Phelim aims to address what the filmmakers say is the wrong information about the process of hydraulic fracturing when drilling for oil in the ground, commonly called fracking. The film looks at many different ways that fracking for natural gas, oil, and other minerals in the ground occurs and tries to address the concerns surrounding the process that were said to be happening in the anti-fracking film Gasland. Gasland was made by Josh Fox. Who was upset because he didn’t get all the money that he was promised by an oil company. So he basically made up a whole bunch of bogus to make it seem that fracking is the worst thing possible for the environment. The film interviews many individuals that have been directly affected by fracking over the past century, most of them being farmers and landowners and have dealt with fracking all their lives. …show more content…
. In the FrackNation, farmers who have been there many of years, point out that without being able to lease a portion of their land for fracking, they would be forced to sell off the land to housing developers after many generations of farming the land. FrackNation idea was made when Phelim asked Josh some questions about his documentary in Chicago in a questionnaire. Mr. Fox was trying to get as many people on board with anti-fracking and Phelim confronted him about the historical records of all the people that were “accounted for” for being able to ignite natural gas in