THE FILM

When award-winning actor and activist Jane Fonda joined a webinar focused on climate justice in the Gulf South, she was horrified. Activists organizing to protect their communities living in the shadow of fossil fuel and petrochemical plants impressed upon Fonda the severity of the pollution poisoning their homes — “you have to see it to believe it”.

And that she did.

In GASLIT, Fonda travels across the oil fields of West Texas’ Permian Basin and through the Gulf Coast of Louisiana visiting the communities impacted by oil and gas production, bearing witness to the decades-long struggle between fossil fuel profiteering, environmental racism, and the lives of everyday people. Along the journey, Fonda sees firsthand how environmental degradation and climate devastation merge, burdening those on the frontlines of liquefied natural gas (LNG), plastics, and petrochemical production. GASLIT is a documentary about the individuals and communities fighting back against the oil and gas extraction boom that has positioned the United States as the world’s largest exporter of LNG.

These are the stories of the shrimpers, cattle ranchers, former oil and gas workers, families, members of faith communities, community organizers, self-described reluctant activists, and people across political and cultural spectrums who come together in defense of the communities and coastlines they love.

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