On Friday, February 2nd, Bullfrog Films is pleased to invite you to an exclusive online screening and discussion for educators featuring a compelling new documentary shedding light on our dependence on fossil fuels. The screening will start at noon EST / 9am PST and will be followed by a dynamic conversation with the filmmakers and subjects. During this event, you’ll get to watch the full film, meet the makers and find out how to bring this program to your campus during the spring semester or Earth Month.
We are in the midst of offering a series of special academic screenings at US universities and colleges in partnership with Twin Seas Media. These events include screenings followed by virtual conversations with the Director, Emma Davie, Producer Sonja Henrici, and film participants such as Executive Producer James Marriott, who are based in the United Kingdom. Campus-wide stand-alone screenings, for which you create your own discussion panels, will also now be available.
THE OIL MACHINE is a powerful catalyst for meaningful conversations that raise awareness about the environmental impact of oil and plastics on our planet, inspiring dialogue and action. The film will strongly resonate with environmental studies programs, business schools, law schools, energy institutes, environmental policy and management, and sustainability initiatives on campus. With a global and UK focus, the film is deeply relevant to US audiences.
The film has received rave reviews:
"The Oil Machine is a valuable teaching tool to prepare the next generation of climate advocates and community activists for the battle to secure their future. There are many alternatives to an oil-soaked economy but only one livable planet" – Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law and Graduate School
Please note: This event is intended for US and Canada educators and academic administrators only as a preview of the program.
Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?
By highlighting the complexities of how oil is embedded in our society – from high finance to cheap consumer goods – THE OIL MACHINE brings together a wide range of voices from oil company executives, economists, young activists, workers, scientists, and pension fund managers. It considers how this machine can be tamed, dismantled, or repurposed.
We have five to ten years to control our oil addiction, and yet the licensing of new oil fields continues in direct contradiction with the Paris Climate Agreement. This documentary looks at how the drama of global climate action is playing out in the fight over North Sea oil.
Oil companies are convinced that they can continue to keep drilling while keeping to Net Zero ambitions through adopting new technologies, such as carbon capture. But climate scientists are deeply sceptical of the Net Zero concept and the time it would take for these technologies to be effective.
The film reveals the hidden infrastructure of oil from the offshore rigs and the buried pipelines to its flow through the stock markets of London. As the North Sea industry struggles to meet the need to cut carbon emissions, oil workers see their livelihoods under threat, and investors seek to protect their assets. Meanwhile a younger generation of climate activists are catalysed by the signs of impending chaos, and the very real threat of global sea level rises. THE OIL MACHINE explores the complexities of transitioning away from oil and gas as a society and considers how quickly we can do it.
On Friday, February 2nd, Bullfrog Films is pleased to invite you to an exclusive online screening and discussion for educators featuring a compelling new documentary shedding light on our dependence on fossil fuels. The screening will start at noon EST / 9am PST and will be followed by a dynamic conversation with the filmmakers and subjects. During this event, you’ll get to watch the full film, meet the makers and find out how to bring this program to your campus during the spring semester or Earth Month.
We are in the midst of offering a series of special academic screenings at US universities and colleges in partnership with Twin Seas Media. These events include screenings followed by virtual conversations with the Director, Emma Davie, Producer Sonja Henrici, and film participants such as Executive Producer James Marriott, who are based in the United Kingdom. Campus-wide stand-alone screenings, for which you create your own discussion panels, will also now be available.
THE OIL MACHINE is a powerful catalyst for meaningful conversations that raise awareness about the environmental impact of oil and plastics on our planet, inspiring dialogue and action. The film will strongly resonate with environmental studies programs, business schools, law schools, energy institutes, environmental policy and management, and sustainability initiatives on campus. With a global and UK focus, the film is deeply relevant to US audiences.
The film has received rave reviews:
"The Oil Machine is a valuable teaching tool to prepare the next generation of climate advocates and community activists for the battle to secure their future. There are many alternatives to an oil-soaked economy but only one livable planet" – Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law and Graduate School
Please note: This event is intended for US and Canada educators and academic administrators only as a preview of the program.
Oil has been an invisible machine at the core of our economy and society. It now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?
By highlighting the complexities of how oil is embedded in our society – from high finance to cheap consumer goods – THE OIL MACHINE brings together a wide range of voices from oil company executives, economists, young activists, workers, scientists, and pension fund managers. It considers how this machine can be tamed, dismantled, or repurposed.
We have five to ten years to control our oil addiction, and yet the licensing of new oil fields continues in direct contradiction with the Paris Climate Agreement. This documentary looks at how the drama of global climate action is playing out in the fight over North Sea oil.
Oil companies are convinced that they can continue to keep drilling while keeping to Net Zero ambitions through adopting new technologies, such as carbon capture. But climate scientists are deeply sceptical of the Net Zero concept and the time it would take for these technologies to be effective.
The film reveals the hidden infrastructure of oil from the offshore rigs and the buried pipelines to its flow through the stock markets of London. As the North Sea industry struggles to meet the need to cut carbon emissions, oil workers see their livelihoods under threat, and investors seek to protect their assets. Meanwhile a younger generation of climate activists are catalysed by the signs of impending chaos, and the very real threat of global sea level rises. THE OIL MACHINE explores the complexities of transitioning away from oil and gas as a society and considers how quickly we can do it.
