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EXTREME OIL will be the first comprehensive documentary to examine the global expansion of drilling for the most polluting forms of oil in remote, environmentally sensitive areas. It will show the local , regional and global impacts , and how people -- locally and globally -- are fighting back. In particular, the film will follow the struggles against oil extraction in the on-site countries -- Madagascar, Republic of Congo, Nigeria, the Western Amazon, Venezuela and the Caribbean. It will focus on resistance in each of these areas as it unfolds , both on the ground , on the national level , and in international arenas such as the European Union, the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. With conventional oil production in decline, the global oil industry is investing heavily in dirtier and riskier forms of oil such as heavy crude, and also in unconventional resources, such as tar sands, and oil shale. All are difficult and costly to produce - and usually more carbon intensive than conventional oil. These resources are often found in "frontier" locations -- in or nearby pristine environments as yet untouched by extraction. Current projects include exploration for bitumen-type resources in Venezuela, Madagascar and the Caribbean, and heavy oil in the remote Western Amazon. Such extreme oil extraction has potentially devastating implications: for global and local efforts to curtail carbon emissions by transitioning away from a fossil fuel-based energy model in emerging and developed economies; for the energy security of importing countries; and ultimately for sustainable growth in producer countries. In addition, many of the new technologies developed to extract the most inaccessible forms of oil are untested, dangerous and may have calamitous long-term impacts on the local environment. As a result, these investments pose a major challenge to the welfare of local communities. While the companies and governments have promised substantial benefits to the local population, our on-the- ground investigations have revealed significant environmental impacts -- threatening pristine rainforest and wildlife, as well as impacting on the livelihoods of local people. Similar impacts are found in the other "frontier" areas. As a result, both the local populations and civil society are beginning to challenge drilling as a viable strategy for development which will help them to achieve the Millennium Development Goals -- and in particular to access clean water, education, health -- and, of course, energy. As independent energy expert , Hal Harvey states: " The oil and gas companies need to decide: Do they want to fight a bloody and painful war of attrition with local communities or take the lead in setting high environmental standards and then live up to them" . EXTREME OIL is the story of how this "war' plays out .