October 8, 2008

UW Shows 'A Snow Mobile for George'
Movie Highlights Bush Environmental Record

Showing at University of Wyoming, Classroom Building Room 129 at 7pm on Thursday, Oct. 9th.

"A Snow Mobile for George" is a rambunctious road trip that collects the stories of fisherman, cowboys and firemen who have to face the consequences of environmental de-regulation by the Bush Administration. This trip steadily reveals the political strategy and rationale behind a massive sell-off of public resources.

Told with  dry sense of humor, the film traces rule changes back to key Administration players. On this coast-to-coast journey, the filmmaker goes to the Klamath River along the drought stricken California/Oregon border where politically inspired rule changes by the Administration helped cause the nation's largest fish kill in 2002. A thousand miles east, in Wyoming, he discovers a range war between ranchers and oil companies that started when political appointees in the Interior Department suppressed clean water rules for natural gas drilling. In lower Manhattan, he meets firemen, Wall Street workers and residents worried about their health and their lives because White House environmental officials ordered by EPA to side-step toxic waste protocols in the collapse of the World Trade Center. But, the final piece of the de-regulation mystery only falls into place when he finally arrives in Washington, DC.

The common thread among these stories is de-regualtion--the notion that common citizens benefit when "government gets off their back". But the film uncovers how the Administration worked effectively to match up the goals of select industries with the political demands of the White House at the expense of the little guy.

BCA invites you to join filmmaker Todd Darling for this fun movie event!