Synopsis
On the edge of the magical Badlands in Western North Dakota, lies the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, home to 6,500 members of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara tribes. There the night sky burns with a thousand points of light from the flaring oil wells, but these are not the lights of hope but the flames from a new version of hell. When the largest shale oil field in North America was discovered on the reservation, the explosion of industry brought sweeping changes to daily life. The landscape is now littered with oil wells, fracking towers, and toxic waste dumps and the average life expectancy on the reservation has dropped to an alarming 57, compared to 79 in the rest of the state. Some members of the tribe have profited from mineral rights, but this fleeting bubble of wealth, alongside widespread poverty, threatens to destroy the social fabric of the community. Sickness and disease, brought by the boom, are fracturing ancestral land and culture.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $848 (72.4% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 1.38 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Theater counts: | 1 opening theaters/1 max. theaters, 1.0 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $1,401 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 18,201-18,300) | 18,288 | $1,172 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 38,001-38,100) | 38,007 | $1,172 |
| All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 9,201-9,300) | 9,210 | $1,172 |
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Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | January 6th, 2017 (Limited) by First Run Features |
| MPAA Rating: | Not Rated |
| Running Time: | 84 minutes |
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| Keywords: | Native Americans, Rags to Riches, Corporate Malfeasance, Government Corruption, Environment, Agitprop, Medical and Hospitals |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Factual |
| Production/Financing Companies: | 3 Generations, Brook Productions |
| Production Countries: | France, United States |
| Languages: | English, French |