"Shale gas extraction--commonly known as fracking--is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planet--whether or not to extract shale gas and oil...

The bond between two neighboring farm families is put to the test when one of them chooses to lease its land to a gas company. In the midst of this growing tension, the land is drilled and something long dormant and terrifying is released.