Australia - 2007 – 89’30’’ – DVD – DigiBeta - VOSTF

Director: Dr Richard Smith

Crude – an elegant and gripping saga of oil. Where does it come from? When will it run out? Where is it driving us? This extraordinary documentary sweeps through the ages: from the birth of oil deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past, to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life.

Now, as we crest the peak of production, Crude reveals a disturbing irony: the latest scientific evidence suggests that our headlong rush to exploit the remaining resource will lead us down a dangerous road to the future. A road the planet has travelled before…

Themes : Perspectives, Science and Industry

Oil Day / Documentary prize 2008

Screening on Monday November 23rd at 11 pm room 1