Crude (2009) is a American documentary directed and produced by Joe Berlinger.

Synopsis
Crude, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) is a documentary following the progress of a $27 billion case against the Chevron Corporation, a case also known as the “Amazon Chernobyl”.

The plaintiffs of the class action lawsuit are 30,000 Ecuadorians living in the Amazonian rainforest they claim has been polluted by the oil industry.

In addition to the legal struggle, Crude shows interviews from both sides, and explores the influence of media support, celebrity activism, the power of multinational corporations, the shifting power in Ecuadorian politics, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures on the case.

Release
Crude premiered on January 18, 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival and will have its theatrical premiere on September 9, 2009 at at the IFC Center in New York City. Many more cities and dates are scheduled as well.

Directed by Joe Berlinger
Produced by     Producers:
Joe Berlinger
Michael Bonfiglio
J.R. DeLeon
Richard Stratton
Music by Wendy Blackstone
Cinematography
Pocho Alvarez
Joe Berlinger
Michael Bonfiglio
Juan Diego Pérez
Editing by Alyse Ardell Spiegel

Distributed by
Entendre Films
Radical Media
Red Envelope Entertainment
Third Eye Motion Picture
First Run Features

Release date(s) January 18, 2009 Sundance Film Festival
In Theaters September 9, 2009
Running time 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Official website: www.crudethemovie.com