Watch the Project Gulf Impact trailer that went live at Netroots Nation.

On April 20, 2010, at 9:45 pm CST, the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded into a mass of oil, mud and methane gas. Since the eruption, the world has witnessed the uncontrolled spewing of several hundred thousand gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

Project Gulf Impact’s mission is to document the economic, environmental and human health impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This Project seeks to provide a unifying voice for residents of the Gulf and hopes to capture the social, political and environmental climate surrounding one of the greatest environmental disasters of our time.

During this critical event in our country’s history, the world deserves complete transparency in the media more than ever before. Project Gulf Impact believes that communication of the truth is critical to reconciling the health of our planet and people. There is no excuse for inadequacy and no time for inaction.

Project Gulf Impact has created a style of citizen reporting that has uniquely impacted residents and decision makers in the Gulf of Mexico. By creating high-quality, professionally-filmed content, Project Gulf Impact has the ability to communicate with worldwide audiences using the syntax and language of the moving image that is universally understood.