Keith Taylor, Green MEP for South East England, is delighted to invite you to the Surrey Premiere of 'Power Trip: Fracking in the UK' (63mins).

Doors open at 7.30, film starts 8pm. Bar inside venue.

The film has been made by Undercurrents UK and has been supported by the Lush Film Fund. The screening will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion and an update on oil and gas drilling activities in Surrey and the Weald.

This event is FREE to attend but places are limited so please register for the event on Eventbrite. Contributions to the Crowdjustice fundraiser for the UKOG injunction defence are welcome.

Background:

Power Trip: Fracking in the UK (63mins) takes you onto the frontlines of UK resistance in the battle to stop the controversial energy extraction process known as Fracking. The film follows grandmothers who set up a campaign group (Lancashire Nanas) and teamed up with younger activists (Reclaim the Power) to shut down the Fracking sites of Cuadrilla. Blackpool (Lancashire) and Balcombe (West Sussex) became the frontline of resistance as trucks were occupied and gates were blocked.

Similar battles are afoot in the Surrey Hills with oil exploration planned for Leith Hill and for full commercial production at Brockham and Horse Hill near Gatwick. Local campaign groups A Voice for Leith Hill; the Leith Hill Action Group and Brockham Oil Watch are fighting to keep oil in the ground.

Local residents in Surrey and Sussex are also fighting an injunction by UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) to stifle
peaceful protest. They have launched a crowdfunder to raise money for their legal costs.

Power Trip includes insights from Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Caroline Lucas MP, Journalist George Monbiot, Energy Research Institute director Prof Andrew Barron. The Reclaim the Power activist network and the Founder of Ecotricity Dale Vince also feature amongst the voices of local residents and councillors.

Exhibition 'The Lark Descending'

For those interested in attending the opening of artists Ackroyd & Harvey's exhibition The Lark Descending | Leith Hill, as part of the Surrey Unearthed commissions, the timing has been arranged so that you can attend the exhibition launch first and then come along in time for the screening: Venue: Unit 4 (formerly the Body Shop), St Martins Walk, Dorking, RH4 1UX, from 6pm.