Crude

• Director: Joe Berlinger
• Theatrical Release Date: September 9, 2009
• Distributor: First Run Features
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Synopsis: Three years in the making, this new documentary from filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother's 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. [Synopsis courtesy of First Run Features]