[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Sat. at 9:45PM in San Francisco see CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil

[Tian Harter]

Dear CounterCorp supporters,

    This is just a quick update to let you know that the benefit 
screening of "CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil", the San Francisco 
theatrical premiere of a powerful new documentary about the career 
criminals at Chevron Corporation, takes place this Saturday, Sept. 26, 
at 9:45 at the Lumber Theater, 1572 California Street (at Polk Street) 
in the city.

    Three years in the making, CRUDE is an epic story of one of the 
largest and most important legal cases in history, which has the 
potential of forever changing the way international business is 
conducted. While the environmental impact of the consumption of fossil 
fuels has been increasingly documented in recent years, CRUDE focuses on 
the human cost of our addiction to oil and the increasingly difficult 
task of holding a major corporation accountable for its past deeds.

    The landmark case pits 30,000 inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest 
of Ecuador against the mammoth U.S. oil corporation. The plaintiffs 
charge that Chevron (corporate successor to Texaco, which it bought in 
2001) spent three decades systematically contaminating one of the most 
biodiverse regions on Earth, poisoning the water, air, and land. This 
has created a "death zone" the size of the Rhode Island, resulting in 
increased rates of cancer, leukemia, birth defects, and a multitude of 
other serious health problems.

    Chevron claims the case is a complete fabrication by "environmental 
con men" seeking to line their pockets with some of the company's 
billions in annual profits.

    Shooting in dozens of locations on three continents and in multiple 
languages, acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger ("Paradise Lost", "Brothers 
Keeper", "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster") and his crew gained 
extraordinary access to players on all sides of the fight and beyond, 
capturing the drama that unfolded as the case grew from a little-known 
legal case to an international cause celebrate.

    The case (and the film) have special relevance for the Bay Area: 
Chevron is headquartered in nearby San Ramon, the site of numerous 
demonstrations over the past year -- and in the coming year, as 
environmental and anti-corporate activists ramp up the pressure on 
Chevron to clean up its act, both literally and figuratively. Director 
Joe Berlinger will be at the screening and will do a Q&A afterward.

    The 9:45 screening on Saturday is a benefit for the 5th Annual 
CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival, which takes place in May 2010, 
and includes seating in a reserved section of the theater. PLEASE NOTE: 
To guarantee a reserved seat and support CounterCorp, you must buy your 
tickets either online at <www.brownpapertickets.com/event/82794> or at 
the theater *from a CounterCorp representative* -- tickets purchased at 
the box office do NOT benefit CounterCorp.

    For more information, e-mail events at countercorp.org or call (415) 
568-5739. We look forward to seeing you there ... And thanks as always 
for your support and participation in CounterCorp events -- we couldn't 
do any of this without you!

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