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Crude Independence
Noah Hutton 2008
Categories: Big Sky Award Competition
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Run time: 71 min. | USA | Film Format: HDV
The heartland is in the process of transplanting itself, and the new heart is pumping oil. Welcome to Stanley, North Dakota, sitting atop the largest oil discovery in the history of the North American continent. Through revealing interviews and breathtaking imagery of the northern plains, Crude Independence is a rumination on the future of small town America—a tale of change at the hands of the global energy market and America's unyielding thirst for oil.
4 pictures Pictures
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4:45 PM     Sun, Feb 15
** Note: Northwest Premiere
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Noah Hutton
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marcmoss
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Hutton does a good job telling the story of Stanley, ND with an objective eye. He first introduces us to the town and its people before the oil men show up and change the town forever. He portrays all sides equally, giving the point of view of the land owners, mineral rights owners, oil workers, company owners, townsfolk, all who have a slightly different take on what's happening in and to Stanley. The film, using many long shots of the North Dakota plains, allows the story to seep in and the viewer begin to ask his own questions about oil dependence and consumption in the United States.
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