Double Bill

Not directly class related but some of you might be interested in tonight's double bill

Tonight (Tue October 22nd) in Campbell Hall. $5 students.

7:30 pm
Crude

This cinéma-vérité feature is the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet, the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case in the jungles of Ecuador. Pitting 30,000 indigenous and colonial rainforest dwellers against the oil giant Chevron, this real-life, high-stakes legal drama focuses on the human cost of our addiction to oil. (Joe Berlinger, 2009, 104 min.)

“A forceful, often infuriating story about Big Oil and little people.” The New York Times

Presented in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center series OIL + WATER.

Followed at 9:30 pm by:

Flow - For the love of water

“Heartbreaking and infuriating…lucidly conveys a coming crisis and its grass-roots solution.” The Washington Post

This award-winning documentary builds a case against the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution and human rights. Interviews with scientists and activists intelligently reveal the rapidly building crisis while considering practical solutions and new technologies for a successful global and economic turnaround. It begs the question: Can anyone really own water? (Irena Salina, 2008, 93 min.)

Presented in conjunction with the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center series OIL + WATER.