The Good Neighbour

THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR takes a closer look at the environmental and social effects of living near the Canadian oil sands in Alberta, an epic journey filmed from Montreal to Fort McMurray in a truck that runs on used vegetable oil.

Statoil, a major oil company primarily owned by the Norwegian government (and thus the Norwegian people) has expanded its operations well beyond its borders, and is now a major player in oil production in over 40 countries around the world. Through the eyes of Julie Strand Offerdal, a young Norwegian woman, we get an insight into the extractive industry’s complicated navigation between the lack of governmental regulations, and the violations of First Nations’ human rights and their land-based constitutional rights in Canada.