[CounterCorp] THIS Saturday, Sept. 26: Benefit Screening of "Crude: The Real Price of Oil"

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Dear CounterCorp supporters,

	This is just a quick update to let you know that the benefit  
screening of "CRUDE: The Real Price of Oil", the San Francisco  
theatrical premiere of a powerful new documentary about the career  
criminals at Chevron Corporation, takes place this Saturday, Sept. 26,  
at 9:45 at the Lumber Theater, 1572 California Street (at Polk Street)  
in the city.

	Three years in the making, CRUDE is an epic story of one of the  
largest and most important legal cases in history, which has the  
potential of forever changing the way international business is  
conducted. While the environmental impact of the consumption of fossil  
fuels has been increasingly documented in recent years, CRUDE focuses  
on the human cost of our addiction to oil and the increasingly  
difficult task of holding a major corporation accountable for its past  
deeds.

	The landmark case pits 30,000 inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest of  
Ecuador against the mammoth U.S. oil corporation. The plaintiffs  
charge that Chevron (corporate successor to Texaco, which it bought in  
2001) spent three decades systematically contaminating one of the most  
biodiverse regions on Earth, poisoning the water, air, and land. This  
has created a "death zone" the size of the Rhode Island, resulting in  
increased rates of cancer, leukemia, birth defects, and a multitude of  
other serious health problems.

	Chevron claims the case is a complete fabrication by "environmental  
con men" seeking to line their pockets with some of the company's  
billions in annual profits.

	Shooting in dozens of locations on three continents and in multiple  
languages, acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger ("Paradise Lost",  
"Brothers Keeper", "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster") and his crew  
gained extraordinary access to players on all sides of the fight and  
beyond, capturing the drama that unfolded as the case grew from a  
little-known legal case to an international cause celebrate.

	The case (and the film) have special relevance for the Bay Area:  
Chevron is headquartered in nearby San Ramon, the site of numerous  
demonstrations over the past year -- and in the coming year, as  
environmental and anti-corporate activists ramp up the pressure on  
Chevron to clean up its act, both literally and figuratively. Director  
Joe Berlinger will be at the screening and will do a Q&A afterward.

	The 9:45 screening on Saturday is a benefit for the 5th Annual  
CounterCorp Anti-Corporate Film Festival, which takes place in May  
2010, and includes seating in a reserved section of the theater.  
PLEASE NOTE: To guarantee a reserved seat and support CounterCorp, you  
must buy your tickets either online at <www.brownpapertickets.com/event/82794 
 > or at the theater *from a CounterCorp representative* -- tickets  
purchased at the box office do NOT benefit CounterCorp.

	For more information, e-mail events at countercorp.org or call (415)  
568-5739. We look forward to seeing you there ... And thanks as always  
for your support and participation in CounterCorp events -- we  
couldn't do any of this without you!

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