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Crude
Director- Joe Berlinger Educational Interest- Business, Civil Rights, Economics, Environmental Studies, Globalization, Latin America, Law & Legal Studies, Political Science |
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| Three years in the making, this cinema-verite feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion "Amazon Chernobyl" case, Crude is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures. Presenting a complex situation from multiple viewpoints, the film subverts the conventions of advocacy filmmaking as it examines a complicated situation from all angles while bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus.
Official Selection, 2009 Sundance Film Festival “A fascinating and important story. Crude does an extraordinary job of merging journalism and art.” - Christiane Amanpour, CNN Chief International Correspondent  “A powerful modern-day David vs. Goliath story, Crude is highly recommended.” - F. Swietek, Video Librarian |
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