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I recently had the oppertunity to view this documentary as well as hear Joe Berlinger himself speak about the film. During the question and answer period after the documentary was shown, Berlinger was asked what what image has stayed with him the most that he was not able to put into the film. His answer was surprising, even after watching the film: That when visiting these indigenous people's land, so far away from any civilization, the people who had for so long subsisted on the Amazon for food and life, had to eat canned tuna because the fish in the river were either all dead or poisonous.
The other surprising thing Berlinger talked about was how fair he tried to make the film for both sides. That he strived for an equal balance of both the plaintiffs and Texaco (now Chevron).
The thing is, even though he strived for fairness in legality issues, the questions of ethical and moral responsibility and obligation seem to have a clear answer...
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