Oil & Water
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Two teenagers, David and Hugo, meet by chance on a canoe ride in the Amazon. This documentary follows their lives as David begins a fair-trade certification system for oil production companies to help with the oil-waste problem in the Ecuadorian Amazon, while Hugo gets an American education that will allow him to return to his homelands as a leader.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2014-06-03
Runtime: 78 mins
Director: Laurel Spellman, Francine Strickwerda
Writer: Francine Strickwerda, Laurel Spellman
Spoken language: Español
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Oil & Water
Production Companies: ITVS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Chicken & Egg Films, Independent Film Producers (IFP)
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