Synopsis
What happens when a determined young family
gives up all oil-based products for a year?
Filmmaker John Webster and his family decided
to own up to their transgressions and kick their addiction to oil. They
committed to a one-year "oil detox". It's quite simple really: the
family will go on with their suburban lives, but without using any fossil
fuels, driving cars or flying in airplanes. They won't buy anything packaged in
plastic like food, makeup, shampoo, toothpaste or kids' toys. This last item
proves a particular challenge to Webster's two young sons.
This charming and intimate "family drama"
reveals the overwhelming challenge the Webster's have taken on. But despite the
initial shocks, by using logic, sound judgement and common sense, this family
does what it takes to combat the existing recipes for disaster that we all
blindly follow.
Festivals:
DocLeipzig
2008;
HotDocs
2008;
Main
Prize, Planet Doc Review 2009;
Etc.
Presented by:
Screenings
Vilnius: SKALVIJA 10.28* 16.30
FLUXUS
ministerija (Repeticijų salė) 10.27* 18.10
Kaunas: Kauno apskrities
viešoji biblioteka 11.03* 17.40
