Doc/Fest - Sheffield

It is the vast, sprawling complexes of oil/gas refineries and petro-chemical plants that make the Texan economy bigger than all but ten of the world's sovereign nations. But the wealth comes at a high price to the environment. The Texan industries are legally permitted to release millions of tons of toxic pollutants into the air each year, plus thousands of tons more in ‘accidental’ or ‘unscheduled’ releases. When these incidents happen, local residents are told to stay in their homes and tape up their windows and doors. This procedure is called ‘Shelter in Place’. A powerful and poignant portrait of one such fence-line community, sharing their neighbourhood with some of the largest refineries in the world, “Shelter in Place” presents a distinctive angle in environmental documentary.