Jim Tittle's new film production is ready for you to view!
You can't miss this new documentary; share it with others interested in what is happening to people and their surroundings in the Midwest!
Midwest Pictures
Wendy Johnson and Jim Tittle
frackingsand@gmail.com
For Immediate Release June 4, 2018
BOOM GONE BUST: FRACK SAND 5 YEARS LATER
Promise in the Sand, a follow-up documentary on frack sand mining, was released June 4, 2018.
At the beginning of the decade, there was an unexpected mining boom here in the Midwest. Jim Tittle’s award-winning documentary, The Price of Sand, chronicled the impact of frack sand mining on small towns and farmers.
Five years later, after the promoters left and the price of sand plummeted, Tittle teamed up with Wendy Johnson to ask the question: How’s it going? Promise in the Sand, a 25-minute short film is the answer to that question.
Set against a pro-mining commentary, the film’s subjects explain the reality of living with frack sand mining:
Quinlan, a realtor living on a sand truck route who can’t sell his home
Rock, a native American whose land has been polluted
Ruth and Dwight, neighbors whose green valley has turned into an industrial landscape
“They blasted and they burned…it looks like mountaintop removal,” says Kathy Katchel of Bagley, Wisconsin, featured in the film.
Starting in Chetek, Wisconsin, the film takes viewers to New Auburn, Tomah, Hixton, Bagley, and Clayton County, Iowa. Aerials, time lapse, and a first-hand view of explosions demolishing a bluff give viewers a rare look at frack sand mining as it happens.
Jim Tittle is a filmmaker from St. Paul whose previous film, The Price of Sand, garnered national attention when it was released in 2013. Wendy Johnson is a writer from Minneapolis whose stories focus on rural environments and communities.
Promise in the Sand is available at Amazon.com:
Please write to Jim Tittle at the email address given above if you would like to reserve a DVD copy. The copies won't be available immediately but will be available in a few weeks if there is a demand from you. It would be a nice gift and certainly a resource for sharing with others who may not know how people have been impacted when they are surrounded by frac sand mining and related facilities near what they call HOME.
Issue: #208
Date: June 7, 2018
Patricia Popple 715-723-6398 sunnyday5@charter.net
Welcome to the Frac Sand Sentinel, a newsletter highlighting resource links, news media accounts, blog posts, correspondence, observations and opinions gathered regarding local actions on, and impacts of, the developing frac sand mining and processing industries.
The content of this newsletter is for informational purposes only. The editor of the Frac Sand Sentinel does not accept any responsibility or liability for the use or misuse of the content of this newsletter or reliance by any persons on the newsletters contents.
CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE: CCC-WIS.COM and for additional information, click here for panoramic views of frac sand mines, processing plants, and trans-load facilities.