"Crude" vs. Chevron0

Filmmaker Joe Berlinger will be back in court next month, defending himself against a move by Chevron to gain access to 600+ hours of footage he used to make “Crude: The Real Price of Oil,” a documentary about the oil company that debuted at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. The company is hoping to use the documentary outtakes to defend itself against the class action lawsuit depicted in the film itself.

This is the media vs. the corporation at its biggest, toughest and most controversial – and reinforces how important the documentary is in today’s world of corporate interests and ugly cover-ups.   ABC TV, the Associated Press, CBS TV, the Daily News, the DGA, the Dow Jones Company, the Gannell Company, the Hearst Corporation, HBO, the IDA, NBC Universal, the New York Times Company, and the Washington Post all signed onto an amicus brief penned by Floyd Abrams in support of Berlinger’s cause.  We’re behind him too.

via IndieWire