Crude (2009)

Awards
- 15 wins & 2 nominations total

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Dan Ashley

Self - ABC 7 News
(archive footage)

Pablo Fajardo

Self

Kent Robertson

Self - Chevron

German Yanez

Self
(as Judge German Yanez)

Adolfo Callejas

Self
(as Dr. Adolfo Callejas)

Ebergeldo Criollo

Self

Steven Donziger

Self - Attorney

Atossa Soltani

Self

Joseph Kohn

Self - Attorney

Maria Garafalo

Self - San Carlos Resident

Sara McMillen

Self - Chevron

Ricardo Reis Veiga

Self - Chevron

Diego Larrea

Self - Attorney

Alejandro Ponce

Self - Attorney

Rosa Moreno

Self - San Carlos Resident

Amy Goodman

Self - Democracy Now

Rafael Correa

Self - President of Ecuador

Hugo Chávez

Self

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Trivia
The outtake footage used by Chevron was found to have been manipulated as part of its retaliatory case against the lawyers for the Ecuadorians. The judge who ordered the footage to be turned over to Chevron was opposed by many journalists and documentary filmmakers including Bill Moyers and Michael Moore. The mis-use of this footage helped to secure a verdict against the legal team for the Ecuadorians which was later called into serious question when Chevron's key witness admitted to lying on the stand and to receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars for his testimony.

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Protester at 2008 Chevron Shareholders meeting: [Protester at 2008 Chevron Shareholders meeting] In Ecuador as in Nigeria, as in Richmond, as in Iraq, as in Burma, this company chose profit over people. It's clear that this company has no moral responsibility, no ethics. And that's why we're all here.

Connections
Referenced in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #8.96 (2010)

Brilliant documentary on a courageous battle

This documentary about the Chevron-Texaso case and the struggle of a small law company trying to win a lawsuit against this oil giant and force them to take responsibility for the ecologic catastrophe they left behind when drilling oil in the Ecuador Amazon rainforest, leaving behind open or poorly sanitized oil pit holes, near or on top of – yes, you heard me, on top of – which people live and suffer from severe illnesses such as cancer, leukemia, or severe skin problems as a result.

Amazing documentary, amazing story, which has so much reminded me of the courageous fight of David against Goliath combined with a sprinkle of Erin Brockowich. Amazing how a few can move mountains to help total strangers at a country far away from their ordinary world...