GROUNDSWELL

(aka Home is a Sacrifice Zone)

How an Irish border community took on an energy company - and its own government - to force a change in the law on oil and gas…

The 65th Cork International Film Festival runs from 4-15 November 2020. Browse the programme and book your tickets on corkfilmfest.org

Read an in depth critique of GROUNDSWELL
https://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/groundswell-johnny-gogan-2021/



Filmed by Johnny Gogan over a ten year period and in New York and Pennsylvania in March just before the lockdown, the film includes over forty contributions from people on both sides of the Atlantic involved in the story of how Ireland banned fracking. Steve Wickham provides a powerful score with vocals from Tara Baoth Mooney; Niall Flynn’s aerial photography captures that border landscape people were so keen to protect.; Editor Patrick O’Rourke draws together a cast of hundreds and a rich and diverse range of archive covering the campaign.
Filmed by Johnny Gogan over a ten year period and in New York and Pennsylvania in March just before the lockdown, the film includes over forty contributions from people on both sides of the Atlantic involved in the story of how Ireland banned fracking. Steve Wickham provides a powerful score with vocals from Tara Baoth Mooney; Niall Flynn’s aerial photography captures that border landscape people were so keen to protect.; Editor Patrick O’Rourke draws together a cast of hundreds and a rich and diverse range of archive covering the campaign.