Crude Independence

Running time: 71 mins

Is an oil boom a windfall or the downfall of a prototypical American small town?

The discovery of oil has made the town of Stanley, North Dakota the focal point for a new kind of Gold Rush. With breathtaking and evocative images, we meet the people of Stanley, as well as the interlopers who are coming into town to either harvest the mother load or rape the land, depending on one's point of view.