Necessity: Oil, Water, and Climate Resistance

  Directed by: Jan Haaken & Sam Praus Released: 2020 (educational) Year of Production: 2020 Running Time: 60 min Language: English Subtitle Options: English Closed Captions Subjects: Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies         In a climate emergency, is civil disobedience a necessity?      NECESSITY traces the fight in Minnesota against the expansion of pipelines carrying highly toxic tar sands oil through Native lands and essential waterways in North America. Front line communities--Native Peoples and communities of color--suffer the most immediate and severe consequences of the climate crisis: impacts on physical and mental health as well as territorial desecration and displacement. Yet with painful histories have come deep insights, forms of resilience and modes of resistance. This feature-length documentary follows indigenous leaders and white allies, using direct action to protect the sacred and demand justice. Legal experts discuss the record of di