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Plot

The story behind the world's largest oil-related environmental lawsuit comes to the screen as award-winning documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) investigates the facts in the case of the so-called "Amazon Chernobyl," a disaster that occurred deep in the rain forests of Ecuador.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Documentary
Run Time:
100min.
Theatrical Release Date:
09/09/2009
DVD Release Date:
02/23/2010
Distributor(s):
First Run
Director(s):
Joe Berlinger
Starring:
Pablo Fajardo , Luis Yanza , Germán Yáñez , Adolfo Callejas , Diego Larrea
Themes:
Fighting the System
Tone:
Confrontational,Disturbing
Keywords:
Amazon,Ecuador,legal-battle,native,pollution,rainforest
Country of Origin:
USA - Limited (09-09-2009)
Language:
English,Spanish