Crude Impact

In 1956 M. King Hubbert, a geologist at Shell Research Labs, shocked the oil industry by predicting that U.S. oil production would peak in the early 1970's and then irreversibly diminish. His prediction was largely ignored until it started to come true. How quickly will the global peak in oil occur and what are the implications for our way of life and our world.

Journeying from West African Delta region to the heart of the Amazon rainforest, from Washington to Shanghai, from early Man to the unknown future. Crude Impact unravels the complex entanglement of our fierce devotion to oil with the fate of indigenous cultures, human rights our global economy and the planet itself. Fuelled by discovery , outrage, humour and ultimately hope, the film offers an inspirational vision for change.