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Crude (2009)
Directed by:
Joe Berlinger
Date of birth:
30 October 1961, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Music by:
Wendy Blackstone
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color
Runtime:
100 minutes
Released:
2009
Genre:
Documentary
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Crude, story of a 17 years old conflict
Bijan Tehrani
Synopsis
The film follows the progress during 2006 and 2007 of a $27 billion legal case brought against the Chevron Corporation following the drilling of the Lago Agrio oil field, a case also known as the “Amazon Chernobyl”.
The plaintiffs of the class action lawsuit are 30,000 Ecuadorians living in the Amazonian rainforest they claim has been polluted by the oil industry. In addition to the legal struggle, Crude shows interviews from both sides, and explores the influence of media support, celebrity activism, the power of multinational corporations, the shifting power in Ecuadorian politics, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures on the case.
The film concludes with the prediction that the legal case will not be resolved for another decade or so.
Release
Crude premiered on January 18, 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival and had its theatrical premiere on September 9, 2009, at the IFC Center in New York City.[2] Many more cities and dates are scheduled as well.
More films created by Joe Berlinger
- Crude (2009)
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