A Crude Awakening

2006 | 85 minutes | 7.2 ★ (25)

A Crude Awakening
  • Overview

    Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack's nonfiction treatise Crude Awakening joins Maxed Out, An Inconvenient Truth, and other recent documentaries devoted to unearthing and exploring forces that are untying the connective threads of contemporary society. The subject at hand is crude oil - specifically, the depletion of petroleum from the Earth, in an era when consumption threatens to exceed supply.

  • Release Date

    01 March 2006

  • DirectingBasil Gelpke
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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