On April 22, 2010 the Deepwater Horizon offshore drilling rig run by BP sunk into the Gulf of Mexico, creating the worst oil spill in history. Two documentarians set out to find the root cause of it all…
Direction
Tickells embed themselves in the danger, not just observing.
Writing
Connects systemic dots most news coverage missed entirely.
Director
Josh Tickell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The filmmakers were literally followed and threatened during production; some footage was seized by authorities. Real spy movie stuff, except the villains won Oscars for 'corporate social responsibility.'
Released just months after the spill 'ended,' this became a time-capsule of immediate resistance before BP's $20 billion settlement bought most silence. Few docs captured the raw, unprocessed rage of 2010-2011.
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