New documentary film highlights pollution from oil and gas industry in New Mexico

New documentary film highlights pollution from oil and gas industry in New Mexico

Filmmaker Annie Ersinghaus, pictured here in Mesilla Park, says she made her documentary “The Land of Sacrifice” in part to help raise awareness. (Leah Romero for Source New Mexico)A new documentary from Las Cruces filmmaker Annie Ersinhaus tells the story of the oil and gas industry’s takeover of the Permian and San Juan basins, and the effects fracking over the last decade has had on area communities. Ersinghaus, 24, grew up in Las Cruces and …