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Crude
by Crude
 Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from
acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brothers Keeper, Paradise Lost,
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) tells 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 involving global politics, the
environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy,
multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous
cultures.
Subverting the conventions of advocacy filmmaking, this
award-winning film explores a complex situation from all angles,
bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering
into focus. Rarely have such conflicts been examined with the depth and
power of Joe Berlinger‚s documentary Crude. These real characters and
events play out on the screen like a sprawling legal thriller. -
Stephen Holden, The New York Times
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