The documentary "Oil on Ice" is an intimate portrayal of the native Gwich’in Indians taking on powerful global energy interests to prevent invasive oil operations threatening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s fragile caribou calving grounds on which the Native people’s subsistence has always depended.

A Dale Djerassi/Bo Boudart Production in association with Lobitos Creek Ranch, this compelling and thought-provoking film presents the struggle over the sacred land that the Gwich’in call “the place where life begins.” It vividly brings home how our energy decisions—both individually and as a society — critically impact the future of our global economy, wildlife, and the environment as well as the survival of an extraordinary traditional culture.

• Visit the film's official website and watch clips from the film.
• Read more about the Oil on Ice filmmakers.
• Buy the film here.
• Visit SIERRA magazine's "Let's Talk" discussion group about the film.
• See images of the Arctic Refuge by award-winning photographer Subhankar Banerjee.
• Learn more about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and how it relates to our U.S. energy policy choices.
• Read about Sierra Club Productions' other work, including Refuge at Risk and the photographic expedition "Seasons of Life and Land," featuring the work of Subhankar Banerjee.

Photo: Coastal plain in Alaska. Photo courtesy USFWS.