FHFF – Black Wave
Posted March 12, 2014 at 1:53 pm by Tim Dustrude
It’s next Tuesday at the Grange – the Friday Harbor Film festival’s Tuesday Night Films…
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil supertanker ran aground in Alaska, discharging millions of gallons of crude oil and thus becoming the biggest environmental catastrophe in North American history. It didn’t take long before dramatic images appeared across the world: thousands of carcasses of dead seabirds and sea otters covered in oil, a thick black tide rising and covering the beaches of once-pristine Prince William Sound. For the next 20 years, marine toxicologist Riki Ott and the fishermen of the little town of Cordova, Alaska, waged the longest legal battle in U.S. history against ExxonMobil, the world’s most powerful oil company. In this compelling documentary, we learn about the environmental, social and economic consequences of the black wave that changed the lives of thousands of people forever.
Tuesday, March 18, 7:00 PM at the Grange – Black Wave (82 minutes)
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