How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a gripping action-thriller film from 2022, directed by Daniel Goldhaber, who collaborated with Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol on the screenplay. The film draws inspiration from Andreas Malm’s 2021 book of the same title, published by Verso Books. How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a failure at Box Office and has earned $750,010 in the United States, along with an additional $296,801 from international markets, bringing it’s total worldwide gross to $1,046,811.
Malm’s nonfiction work delves into the history of social justice movements and advocates for property destruction as a legitimate strategy in the fight for environmental justice. Set mainly in West Texas, the narrative follows a fictional group of eight young activists who make the bold decision to detonate an oil pipeline at two significant sites.
The film probes the ethical implications of radical actions in confronting the climate crisis, raises questions about terrorism, and examines the role of property damage and sabotage as forms of activism. The film’s production took 19 months, from initial concept to final cut, with principal photography occurring in New Mexico.
It premiered on September 10, 2022, at the Toronto International Film Festival and hit theaters in the United States on April 7, 2023.
