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GRITtv: Crude: Joe Berlinger Talks About His Film "Crude"
From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Texaco, now Chevron, allegedly dumped 18 billion gallons of oil and toxic waste into the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, creating a "cancer death zone" the size of Rhode Island. "Crude" details the case of a class-action suit brought on behalf of 30,000 rainforest dwellers against the company, following the lawyers and the science, but most importantly the people of this part of the Amazon in their fight against Big Oil. We're joined by the director and producer of this remarkable documentary, filmmaker Joe Berlinger and actress and activist Trudie Styler, who with her husband Sting co-founded the Rainforest Foundation 20 years ago.
Email this pageGRITtv: September 10, 2009
In the headlines this week: Obama's much anticipated healthcare speech, Glenn Beck's attack on Van Jones and his subsequent resignation and another wave of foreclosures hits the country.
