Oil & water / Stir It Up Productions ; a film by Francine Strickwerda & Laurel Spellman Smith ; written, produced and directed by Francine Strickwerda, Laurel Spellman Smith ; a co-production of Stir It Up Productions LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Includes both feature length version (78 min.) and classroom version (55 min.). Originally produced in 2014. Bonus features include the animated short film, Oil & water: Hugos first flight (3 mins.).
Summary:
Oil & Water is the true story of two boys coming of age as they each confront one of the world's worst toxic disasters. Hugo and David were born on opposite ends of the oil pipeline. Hugo comes to America to fight for the survival of his tribe in the Ecuadorian Amazon, while David goes to Ecuador to launch the world's first company to certify oil as fair trade. Can Hugo become the leader his Cofán tribe so desperately wants him to be? Will David clean up one of the world's dirtiest industries? Their journeys lead them to explore what could be a more just future, not just for the people of the Amazon, but for all people around the world born with oil beneath their feet.
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