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Director Joe Berlinger Talks About 'Crude,' His New Documentarynew

"I wasn't necessarily sure there was a film. It was more like a humanitarian impulse, basically. So I'm as surprised as anyone that the film’s had the life that it’s had. Although, once I got deep into it, obviously I thought there was a feature-length film."
Baltimore City Paper  |  Joe Tropea  |  11-17-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

'Crude' Dives into the Toxic Battle Between Big Oil and Dying Natives in Ecuadornew

Joe Berlinger's remarkable documentary recounts an infuriating litany of South American exploitation, backroom glad-handing and bureaucratic dead ends that has, among other collateral damages, created a Rhode Island-sized "death zone" of toxic pollution in the middle of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
L.A. Weekly  |  Scott Foundas  |  09-18-2009  |  Reviews

Fajardo's Fight: Taking on Big Oil in Ecuadornew

Pablo Fajardo is the David in a David and Goliath-esque case pitting Ecuadorian Indians and mestizos against major American oil companies.
Eugene Weekly  |  Natalie Miller and Camilla Mortensen  |  08-13-2009  |  Environment

Citizen EnCana: The Double Life of the World's Second-Largest Natural Gas Co.new

Canada's largest energy company has created jobs, brought investment and poured money into rural communities across the Canadian Prairies and the western United States. It has also left a trail of farmers and ranchers who say the company has ruined their land, made them sick and killed their livestock.
Fast Forward Weekly  |  Adrian Morrow  |  07-10-2008  |  Environment

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