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Crude

(2009)
Not Rated In Theaters 09/9/2009 , 100min.
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Plot & Details

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