Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit News

San Francisco Chronicle – Chevron wants unused film on Ecuador dispute

Published

April 27, 2010

Chevron Corp. has gone to court seeking the unused footage from a documentary film about the $27 billion lawsuit against the oil company in Ecuador.

Chevron, based in San Ramon, has asked a federal judge in New York to force filmmaker Joe Berlinger to grant the company access to more than 600 hours of footage left out of the movie “Crude,” which was released last year. Berlinger is fighting the company’s request.

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