The inside story of the infamous ?Amazon Chernobyl? case, 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.

The landmark case takes place in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador, pitting 30,000 indigenous and colonial rainforest dwellers against the US oil giant Chevron. Over a 30-year period, the US oil industry contaminated one of the most biodiverse regions on Earth, poisoning the water, air and land. Pollution has created a ?death zone? of more than 1000 square miles, resulting in increased rates of cancer, leukemia, birth defects, and numerous other health ailments.

Crude focuses on the human cost of our addiction to oil and the increasingly difficult task of holding a major corporation accountable for its past actions.

This film is one of 7 films as part of the 3rd annual Eco Film and Arts Festival: a celebration of the arts and environmental communities in the Hamilton area.

Please consider purchase of fully transferrable festival passes that will get you and/or your friends into all 7 films of the festival. $50 for Adults or $25 for students.