Petropolis Website – Located beneath 4.3 million hectares of boreal forest in Alberta, Canada, the tar sands are a mixture of sand, clay and a heavy crude oil called bitumen that is either mined in open pits or extracted from underground by injecting superheated water.  From the cinematographer for Edward Burtynsky’s Manufactured Landscapes, filmmaker Peter Mettler’s “Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands” offers an unparalleled view of the world’s largest industrial, capital and energy project.

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Other news:

• InfraNet Lab: “Petropolis” (Sept. 19, 2009).
• The Open Workshop: “An Interview with Peter Mettler” (March 16, 2009).
• Green Living: “Peter Mettler’s Eye in the Sky” (Sept. 03, 2009).
• Reuters: “Apocalypse now? Dark visions at Toronto film festival” (Sept. 14, 2009).