DIRECTOR / OREN JACOBY

When their communities are threatened, three fearless grassroots leaders — joined by rebellious Rockefeller heirs — confront Big Oil in the  battle against environmental racism. In a fight for a renewable future, they prove that everyday people can change the course of history.

As weather disasters around the world grow deadlier, a new generation of leaders is rising to face the challenge. In the American South, already hard hit by climate change, three unlikely heroes take on one of the most powerful industries in the world. 25-year-old Justin J. Pearson rallies a multiracial coalition to try and defeat a crude oil pipeline in Memphis, Tennessee. Roishetta Ozane, a mother of six from  Louisiana, transforms personal loss into political action, taking her fight from the storm-ravaged streets to the halls of Congress. And Sharon Wilson, a former oil insider turned methane hunter, uses infrared cameras to expose invisible deadly gases pouring from fracking sites and pipelines in Texas that have been hiding in plain sight.

Backing them are unlikely allies, descendents of John D. Rockefeller, who have turned against their family’s oil empire to expose Exxon's decades-long deception. Together, this coalition uncovers what they call the Big Oil’s “Big Con” - an industry doubling down on fossil fuels while lyng to the world about their role in accelerating climate chnage.

With gripping access, THIS IS NOT A DRILL is the story of courage, betrayal and grassroots victories, showing that people, armed with only grit, determination and the truth, can stand up to power.  The smallest voices can topple giants.​