Crude
Director: Joe Berlinger
Starring: Pablo Fajardo, Steven Donzinger, Trudie Styler
USA, 2009, 1 hour 45 minutes, Spanish with English subtitles
An inspiring expose of the Ecuadorians long-running battle to call Texaco to account for the pollution of the rainforest and the resulting health problems that they suffer. Avoiding a tub-thumping approach, this follows Pablo Fajardo a young lawyer as he doggedly pursues the David-v-Goliath struggle, striking a good balance between ecological elegy and real-life legal thriller. A classic case of a multinational corporation behaving badly, Texaco’s strategy is one of denial, corruption and delay, while the locals hope that celebrity support will finally embarrass the company into accepting their responsibility.
Portread o ba mor llwgr yw cwmnïau mawrion a’r eithafion anghyfreithlon yr ânt iddynt er mwyn gwneud elw – cipolwg ar fywyd yn Ecwador.
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| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2010-03-06 | 18:00:00 |
