“Crude” Filmmaker Wages First Amendment Battle
Jun 16th, 2010
Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger is in trouble, and some filmmakers think the foundation of documentary filmmaking is at stake.
Berlinger, whose award-winning documentary chronicles the biggest environmental lawsuit ever, is being subpeoned by Chevron. The big oil corporation is engaged in a 17-year lawsuit with Ecudorean rainforest dwellers.
Now Chevron wants the filmmaker’s 600 hours of original footage shot during production. Find out more about this landmark issue and how it affects the documentary filmmaking world here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-redford/joe-berlinger-vs-chevron_b_600433.html?ir=Yahoo
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crudefund/crude-fight-for-the-first-amendment?pos=1
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