Frac Sand Land , a 45-minute documentary produced by Robert Nehman to prevent the first newly proposed frac sand mine in all of Iowa from receiving a permit.
Since November 2012 (entirely at his own expense), Robert Nehman has spent hundreds of hours doing on-site filming, interviewing and filming victims of frac sand mining in Wisconsin, and adding appropriate music to his production. Like all other serious film-makers Robert has spent perhaps 5-times more hours EDITING his production than in filming the original footage.
Frac Sand Land has had numerous updates and improvements over the past 15-months, and it is much more effective at this time. Each update or improvement has required many, many hours of EDITING. To simply state that Frac Sand Land is "repitious," and "unedited" and "just strung together" is patentedly false. And does a completely unwarranted disservice to Robert's efforts.
Popular? To honor requests from throughout the United States Robert has produced over 800 copies of Frac Sand Land , one-by-one at his own kitchen table. It is not an overstatement to say that Frac Sand Land has inspired literally thousands of people to become directly involved with this landscape eliminating industry.
I do not know Mr. Witt. And I do not wish to quarrel with him. He may have Frac Sand Land confused with some other DVD on the same topic. I've seen Robert's film a number of times at large gatherings, and rather than criticism, I've heard only positive responses. Robert has pursued his first and only film, and many other projects to oppose frac sand mining, with passion, sincere conviction, and deep commitment. He deserves only praise. Rather than advising others to have patience, I feel that Mr. Witt should use some of this before attempting to become a film critic.
I invite everyone to attend the showing of Frac Sand Land on Feb. 19. Then participate in the important discussion that will follow, and make up your own mind about this excellent and popular film and the message it delivers.
Thank you.
Ric
Ric Zarwell, President
Allamakee County Protectors - Education Campaign
P.O. Box 299
210 North Third Street
Lansing, Iowa 52151-0299
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Home/Office: 563-538-4991
Mobile: 563-419-4991
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil,
but because of the people who don't do anything about it. Albert Einstein
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. Dr. Martin Luther King
If not now, when? If not us, who? John F. Kennedy
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Witt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 4:07:03 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: Frac Sand Mining in Iowa
This is a critically important issue,and these folks are environmental heroes-- but be advised that patience is needed to view their film, because it is unedited, raw footage, often repetitive, that's just strung together.
BW
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Jane Clark < [log in to unmask] > wrote:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Northwest Community Center, 7:00 PM
Frac Sand Mining in Iowa
The Allamakee County Protectors have been working hard to stop the spread of the highly destructive practice of frac sand mining in the Driftless Region of IA, IL, MN, and WI. By involving themselves in efforts to prevent silica sand (also called frac sand) mining in Allamakee County in NE Iowa, they were successful in persuading the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors to impose an 18-month moratorium on frac-sand mining in the county. They also successfully encouraged mining interests to abandon a project that would have destroyed Native American burial mounds, and they have reached out extensively to the public and to public officials in their efforts.
Robert Nehman, Ric Zarwell and others of their organization will discuss threats posed by silica sand mining in NE Iowa--the same kind of sand sought by the hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” industry that has been so controversial in other parts of the country. Frac sand mining threatens to harm the tourism and scenic beauty of NE Iowa, impact water quantity and water quality, and impact the importance of this ecologically important landscape.
Central Iowa Sierra public programs are held at Northwest Community Center, 51 st Street and Franklin Avenue in Des Moines. Contact Jane at 223-5047 or [log in to unmask] for more information about the program.
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