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“An absorbing, intuitive expose of the frictions between industry and inhabitants in the Republic of Azerbaijan” (Eddie Cockrell, Variety ), SOURCE documents a grievous collision of foreign corporate interests and corrupt domestic political elites, and the inevitable human rights abuses that have resulted in this little-known country, situated in the oil-rich, highly coveted Caspian Sea region of Central Asia. Shot by a mobile and fearless Czech film crew, this intelligent, often funny film diligently investigates the multifarious levels of the oil industry's impact, from its effect on furious peasants (whose bombastic resistance to legal chicanery will have audiences applauding) to the machinations of government officials. The images in the film are quite strikingly bleak and disconcerting; cows grazing within feet of oil pools, children playing in toxic sludge, men and women in ramshackle homes overlooking ecological devastation. Using the odd clever animated segue to bolster its argument, the lively, ingenious SOURCE is essential viewing for anyone interested in the murky business and political dealings, and human cost, which underpin the billion dollar “liquid gold” industry.
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