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THE LEVEL of violence required by governments and resource exploitation companies to produce oil and gas is “unsustainable”, whether in north Mayo or the Niger Delta, a US film director has said.

In Galway yesterday, where a documentary she has made on the Niger delta was screened at the annual film fleadh, Sandy Cioffi said pressing issues such as climate change would never be resolved through such an approach. “There seems to be a common thread in so many situations where oil and gas companies do not want community involvement,” Ms Cioffi said.