(2022, 20 minutes)
"Pressure Point" is a satirical documentary series exploring British Columbia’s environmental issues through fictional interviews with politicians and senior bureaucrats.

This episode was inspired by the disastrous collapse of the Mount Polley tailings pond dam. Twenty-five billion litres of contaminated mining waste roared into Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek, Quesnel Lake, and the Cariboo River. One report determined that the dam failed because a layer of glacial till gave way under the tailings pond. Does this explain why the mining company wasn't charged or fined? Was it deemed to be complying with the Province's operating requirements and so a successful prosecution was considered unlikely? What might a politician have to say about this murky incident? Should the company only be responsible for cleaning its corporate offices but nothing else?

Here are the episodes included in the series, "Pressure Point":

01 - Dumbing Down the Database (20 minutes)
03 - The Great Escape (19 minutes)
04 - Fishy Oil Slick (18 minutes)
05 - Nothing But Pipeline Dreams (18 minutes)
06 - The Fine Art of Sustainable Clear-Cuts (18 minutes)
07 - The Poop Dilution Solution (17 minutes)
08 - The Benefits of Surplus Killer Whales (19 minutes)
09 - Climate Change is a Good Thing (21 minutes)
10 - Evasive Techniques 101 (16 minutes)

Director: Scott Renyard
Producers: Emily Chan, Kyle Toy, Scott Renyard, Juggernaut Pictures

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