As extreme weather around the world grows deadlier, a new generation of leaders is rising to face the challenges. This Is Not a Drill documents three unlikely heroes as they take on one of the most powerful industries in the world, Big Oil. Please join us along with The Freshwater Lab at UIC for a screening of this film on Tuesday, June 30th starting at 7pm. The trailer for this feature-length film is available on YouTube in case you want to give it a preview.
Filmed in 2021, the film follows:
- Twenty-five-year-old Justin J. Pearson who rallies a multiracial grassroots coalition to try and defeat a crude oil pipeline in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Roishetta Ozane, a mother of six from Louisiana, who transforms personal loss into political action, taking her fight from the storm-ravaged streets to the halls of Congress.
- Sharon Wilson, a former oil insider turned methane hunter, who uses infrared cameras to expose invisible, deadly gases pouring from fracking sites and pipelines in Texas that have been hiding in plain sight.
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Panel discussion about Line 5 with local legal experts to follow the screening
The Freshwater Lab is an initiative that raises awareness about water issues in the Great Lakes and empowers people to claim and protect the most vital public asset.
We work with students, policy makers, community members, researchers, artists and government officials to address pressing challenges and create a stable, prosperous future for the region. Investing in this future includes training a new generation of Great Lakes leaders.
Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change.
We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.
John (Johnny) Petoskey is a senior associate attorney in Earthjustice's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. Johnny represents Tribal Nations and environmental justice communities throughout the Midwest in litigation regarding polluting facilities, pipelines, and air and water quality issues. Prior to coming to Earthjustice, Johnny was an associate at the Environmental Law and Policy Center. He holds a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School and an M.S. from the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Johnny is an enrolled citizen of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and grew up on his Tribe's reservation in Peshawbestown, Michigan.
