Film: CRUDE
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As part of the M.K. Gandhi Institute’s
Season for Nonviolence
Friends Meeting House
84 Scio St.
free, with discussion afterwards
Thursday - February 10th - 7pm
Crude.
A Meeting House Film Series
Sponsored by the
Peace & Social Action Committee
of the Rochester Friend's Meeting
Crude
Filmmaker Joe Berlinger's provocative
documentary explores the ongoing battle waged by
30,000 indigenous Ecuadorans and their lawyers
against Chevron for dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste into the Amazon. Berlinger examines the environmental catastrophe -- dubbed the "Amazon Chernobyl" -- from all sides, following the drama as it moves from the contamination site to the courtroom and beyond. – 104 min
