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Oct 23, 2009
Out of Frame: Crude
With the endless parade of legal dramas, small claims reality shows, and an entire network devoted solely to the wheels of justice, it’s understandable if you’ve hit the point of fatigue for any sort of filmed courtroom experience. Improbably, director Joe Berlinger actually brings something new to the table in Crude, which looks at a long-running, multi-billion dollar class action suit involving 30,000 residents of the Ecuadorian Amazon on one side, and oil giant…