The first special screening I saw hits closer to home because it is about the BP oil drilling fiasco that occurred only last year. The Big Fix is a film by director Josh and Rebecca Tickell that documented the problems brought about by the largest oil spill in history. The film did not only center on the actual disaster but what went on behind the scenes. By exposing the root causes of the spill, the filmmakers uncover a vast network of corruption and provided a damning indictment of a system of government led by a powerful and secretive oligarchy that puts the pursuit of profit over all other human and environmental needs (Festival de Cannes 2011). The film is awake up call not only for those directly affected by it but the rest of the world too especially if corporate greed is not tempered.

The French film Michel Petrucciani by...
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