Dirty Energy Featurette from Bryan D. Hopkins on Vimeo.

Dirty Energy, represents a tremendous labor of love for me. The idea to do this project was born of the tremendous guilt I felt at watching another disaster hit our country, yet doing nothing more than watching the TV screaming. I decided to take action. I packed my bags, hit the road and posted on facebook for donations since I only had gas money ($200) to my name. Luckily, through the kindness of friends and locals, this amazing journey was possible.

When I arrived in Louisiana, I had grand plans of leading the film into a conclusion that supported green energy and sustainability, but that would misrepresent the vast majority of the people I was speaking with. They were scared about poisoned food, not pretty water. I was looking from the outside in and doing much of what the media had already done by putting this tragedy into the big context, but that only gave the illusion of understanding. How do locals truly feel? This is the question I tried to answer.