Warren Cariou and Neil McArthur

Underneath the woods and the muskeg of northern Canada lies roughly two trillion barrels of oil, fifteen percent of the world’s known reserves. Land of Oil and Water follows the journey of Warren Cariou, a Métis writer from northern Saskatchewan, who learns that the oil companies from Alberta are expanding into his homeland. Cariou talks to people in the area about their hopes and fears about the development.
Aboriginal communities who have experienced the development in Alberta continue the struggle to preserve their traditional way of life in the midst of the largest and most destructive oil recovery operation the world has ever known.  It’s time to count the true cost of development and listen to the Métis and First Nations people who call this place home.