Shelter in Place

Completed November 2009
Format: 1x48MIN
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Press

  • “(An) impressive directorial debut... Beautifully shot, Shelter in Place is an emotionally engaging portrait of a people without a voice, trapped by their economic circumstances in an area whose air quality is affecting every generation”
    – The International Film Guide

  • “A compelling story of a deprived Texan community living in the shadow of a whopping great oil refinery, this David vs. Goliath story has yet to find its joyous denouement, making this film an important tool in the struggle for justice for communities everywhere who are fighting for basic human rights”
    – Documentary Filmmakers Group

  • “Photojournalist Zed Nelson’s Shelter in Place never fulminates, but shoots the scene beautifully, gets to know its oppressed characters …and puts the powerful on the spot, though sadly only in the figurative sense…”
    – British Film Institute, “Sight&Sound”

  • “Shelter in Place is a perfect example of an issue driven documentary. It's a combination of beautiful filmmaking (and) an important situation, that also maintains the importance of great storytelling. …You can't avoid being taken into these people's lives and their experience”
    – The Frontline Club