CRUDE

Year: 2009
USA: First Run Features
UK: Dogwoof Films
Cast (film subjects): Pablo Fajardo- Plaintiffs' attorney
Luis Yanza- Plaintiffs' case coordinator
German Yanez- Presiding Judge, Superior Court of Nueva Loja
Adolfo Callejas- Chevron attorney
Diego Larrea- Chevron attorney
Emergildo Criollo- Cofan indigenous community leader
Steven Donziger- Plaintiffs' consulting attorney
Atossa Soltani- President, Amazon Watch
Alejandro Ponce- Plaintiffs' attorney
Joseph Kohn- Plaintiffs' consulting attorney
Maria Garofalo- Resident of the village of San Carlos, Ecuador
Sara McMillan- Chevron Chief Environmental Scientist
Ricardo Reis Veiga- Managing Counsel, Chevron Latin America
Rosa Moreno- Nurse, village of San Carlos
Rafael Correa- President of Ecuador
Trudie Styler- Co-Founder, The Rainforest Foundation
Silvia Yanez- Daughter of Maria Garofalo
Richard Cabrera- Court-appointed scientific expert
Director: Joe Berlinger
Country: USA
USA & UK: 105 mins
UK Certificate: tbc
USA Release Date: 9 September 2009 (Limited Release - New York)
UK Release Date: 15 January 2010 (Limited Release)

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Synopsis

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. It is one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet, and the film directed by Joe Berlinger takes an inside look at this infamous case nicknamed "Amazon Chernobyl" that involves $27 billion!