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The Politics of Big Oil - Crude
When
- Saturday
- Feb. 18, 2012
- 7:00 PM
Description
The Politics of Big Oil: Crude
The film "Crude" is about one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet, the $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 examines a complicated situation from several angles while bringing a story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus.
"Crude" will be introduced by Peter Maass, award-winning author and journalist, whose most recent book is Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil.
The film "Crude" is about one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet, the $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 examines a complicated situation from several angles while bringing a story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus.
"Crude" will be introduced by Peter Maass, award-winning author and journalist, whose most recent book is Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil.
Website
Phone
727-864-7979
events@eckerd.edu
Where
Tags
politics , art , green , environment , oil , film , community , film , government , visual art
