Oil on Ice

2005 FESTIVAL
59 min.
Winner of a 2004 Pare Lorentz Award, Oil on Iceis a vivid, compelling and comprehensive documentary about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The film examines the battle over oil development in a stunning place, featuring fascinating wildlife that has adapted to this environment, as well as the people — the Gwich’in Athabascan Indians and Inupiat Eskimos — who rely on the wildlife for subsistence. The film links the fate of the refuge to other issues that, at first glance, may seem unrelated.