TweetSweet Crude trailer 2009 Sweet Crude is a documentary film about the Niger Delta of Nigeria — the humanitarian and environmental devastation there in the wake of 50 years of unregulated oil extraction, the history of non-violent protest by Niger Deltans demanding control of their own resources and the emergence of the Movement for the…
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Chevron must really think we’re stupid
TweetA spoof of Chevron’s greenwashing “We Agree” advertising tactics. They think we’ll fall for their ridiculous attempts to greenwash the company’s image, even while Chevron refuses to clean up its oily mess in Ecuador and around the globe. then… Two advertising geniuses come to help the Chevron executives plot to trick you into thinking they…
Naomi Klein on the Far reaching effects of the Gulf Oil Disaster
TweetFrom the Guardian Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world The Deepwater Horizon disaster is not just an industrial accident – it is a violent wound inflicted on the Earth itself. In this special report from the Gulf coast, a leading author and activist shows how it lays bare the hubris at the heart…
The Oil Industry is slowly Killing the Coast of Louisiana
TweetFault Lines – In Deep Water: A Way of Life in Peril In the two months since the Deepwater Horizon explosion, millions of litres of oil have gushed out of BP’s well into the water each day, slowly encroaching on the coastline. Fault Lines’ Avi Lewis travels to the drill zone, and learns about the…
H2OIL – Alberta Tar Sands Documentary
Tweet In the vast, pristine forests of Western Canada, the ‘war for water’ has already begun… Thanks to Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands, Canada is now the biggest oil supplier to the United States. A controversial billion-dollar industry is heavily invested in extracting crude from the tarry sands through a process so toxic it has become…
Crude The Documentary Movie
Tweet Three years in the making, this cinéma-vérité feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion Amazon Chernobyl case, CRUDE is a real-life high stakes legal drama set against a backdrop of…
Gas: It’s America’s Crack!
Tweet WARNING: NAUGHTY LANGUAGE Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian, spoofs the misleading television propaganda ads by Big Oil, which attempt to make America feel comfy and cozy about being financially raped. Shill, baby, shill! MUSIC: (c) Joni Mitchell from the CD “Shine” Visit Betty at: www.bettybowers.com
The Fuel Documentary
Tweet Please, somebody get this documentary to President Obama and every lawmaker across the country! FUEL is an insightful portrait of America’s addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director, Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the…
Witness – Taft, California Warning – Dec 30 2008
Tweet Fear is not the natural state of civilized people. – Aung San Suu Kyi
Edward Said – Orientalism
Tweet Edward Said describes Orientalism as “the manufacture of the other” mainly done for purposes of domination. He locates Orientalism within the history of military and ideological imperialism . It is an attempt to acquire information in a way that is neither innocent nor objective, but driven by special interests (such as the control of…