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Triple Divide [Redacted]

This award-winning "bombshell" documentary covers the impact of fracking in one of the country's most pristine watersheds. With exclusive interviews from oil and gas industry leaders, independent experts and impacted residents, TRIPLE DIVIDE [REDACTED] covers five years (2011 - 2016) of cradle-to-grave investigations that reveal how regulators and industry keep water contamination covered up.

  • Joshua Boaz Pribanic
    Director
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Melissa A. Troutman
    Director
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Melissa A. Troutman
    Writer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Joshua B. Pribanic
    Writer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Public Herald Studios
    Producer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Victor Pribanic
    Producer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Joshua B. Pribanic
    Producer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Melissa A. Troutman
    Producer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Jonathon James Pribanic
    Producer
    Triple Divide, INVISIBLE HAND
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    53 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 8, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    50,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Real to Reel Film Festival

    Awards and Festivals People's Choice Award
  • Accolade Global Film Competition

    Award of Merit
  • ReadingFilmFest

    Runner Up, Audience Award
  • New York Film & TV Festival

    Official Selection
  • Maryland International Film Festival

    Official Selection
  • Erie International Film Festival

    Official Selection
  • Colorado Environmental Film Festival

    Official Selection
  • Harrisburg-Hershey Film Festival
    Harrisburg
    United States
    September 19, 2017
    Official Selection
  • Accolade Global Film Competition

    Humanitarian Award
  • Oil Valley Film Festival
    Oil City, Pennsylvania
    United States
    September 6, 2019
Distribution Information
  • Bullfrog Films
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Joshua Boaz Pribanic, Melissa A. Troutman

Joshua B. Pribanic - Director/Editor/Producer/Writer

Joshua Boaz Pribanic (born 20 March 1982) is an American film director, editor, investigative reporter and founder of the investigative news non-profit, Public Herald. He’s best known for his award-winning documentary films on fracking, Triple Divide (c. 2013) and Triple Divide [Redacted] (c. 2017), and for his role as Editor-in-Chief and investigative journalist at Public Herald (cited in over 200 publications). Pribanic’s latest documentary INVISIBLE HAND (expected for release in fall 2019) showcases “Rights of Nature” in America and will be his third film collaboration with actor Mark Ruffalo who’s signed on as an Executive Producer, and his third documentary with co-director Melissa Troutman.

Melissa A. Troutman - Director/Editor/Producer/Writer

Melissa A. Troutman (born January 22, 1980) is an investigative journalist, photographer, artist and filmmaker who co-founded Public Herald (est. 2011), a nonprofit for investigative journalism where she currently serves as Executive Director. Troutman’s work earned support from over 1,000 donating members of the public, the Investigative News Network (now Institute for Nonprofit News), the James L. Knight Foundation, Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Mountain Watershed Association, 11th Hour Project, The Heinz Endowments, and Tesla Motors. Since first tackling the subject in 2010, Troutman has gained international attention for her coverage of fracking in Pennsylvania. She’s writer, editor, director, producer of TRIPLE DIVIDE and TRIPLE DIVIDE [REDACTED], which uncovered corruption in the handling of water contamination in rural Pennsylvania. Her first feature film, TRIPLE DIVIDE appeared in film festivals nationwide, has an audience spanning over 30 countries, and continues to screen in communities across the United States. Troutman’s new documentary project INVISIBLE HAND began in 2014 with her first story about a revolutionary battleground between corporate rights and democracy.

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Director Statement

"Tells the powerful personal stories of people dealing with the terrible impacts of fracking on their drinking water resources — all backed up by thousands of pages of documents uncovered by the filmmakers."
Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food and Water Watch, Author, Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment

"Shows powerfully that the harms to drinking water continue, that regulation still does not perform its function, and that more of the same can be expected, short of strong political intervention at the state and federal levels. There are now only about 11,000 shale gas wells in Pennsylvania. At least 50,000 more are planned, so TRIPLE DIVIDE is just-in-time education, a warning, and, once again, a call to action to accurately assess all the real costs of shale gas to Pennsylvanians and everybody downstream of the triple divide — yes, all of us."
Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Cornell University, Founder and past President, Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy

"I was unaware of the Public Herald's extensive investigation into over 9,000 cases of potential water contamination from hydraulic fracturing in Pennsylvania. The film's fanciful artwork helps convey complex processes and geography in easy-to-grasp images. Especially revealing was the documentation of a drilling company's violation of the DEP rules in burying waste pits that may have contaminated a family's water source, and how the complaints about the well were not documented in the DEP file, essentially hidden from public agency records."
K.K. DuVivier, Professor of Law, University of Denver, Author, The Renewable Energy Reader and Energy Law Basics

"A timely cautionary documentary about the fracking industry in Pennsylvania. Clean water is the star of this film. The toxic impact of the fracking industry is the villain."
Julie Dermansky, DeSmog Blog

"Timely...Rewarding and thought-provoking to those seeking more hard information about the fracking controversy."
Salem Weekly

"Gives you the round-up of shale gas and oil production as it plays out day-by-day in Pennsylvania's rural shale-patch communities. What sets it apart from other fracking documentaries is that it shows how we are all impacted by it — through our shared dependence on clean water. We all also share a responsibility to protect this precious resource and should demand the same accountability from our public and elected officials."
Dr. Tanja Srebotnjak, Director, Hixon Center for Sustainable Environmental Design, Harvey Mudd College