2010
6.0 (4 votes)
1h 23m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Scannáin Inbhear Teo
Underground Films
Underground Films
The Pipe
Big Oil. Small Village.
Overview
A compelling documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the small Rossport community which has taken on the might of Shell Oil and the Irish State. The discovery of gas off this remote coastal village has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland. The rights of farmers over their fields, and of fishermen to their fishing grounds, has come in direct conflict with one of the world's most powerful oil companies. When the citizens look to their State to protect their rights, they find that the government has put Shell's right to lay a pipeline over their own.
Key Crew
Director: Risteard Ó Domhnaill
Producer: Rachel Lysaght, Risteard Ó Domhnaill
