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Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill

Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill

2009Short⏱️ 17m
Short

Documentary short revisiting the Exxon Valdez oil spill twenty years later, and the changes it brought about in its wake.

Director
Gary Shigenaka
Writers
N/A
Stars
N/A
Release Date
March 10, 2009
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎬 Technical Specs

Filming Location
Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
Production
Ocean Media Center

🏷️ Keywords

oil spillpollutionenvironment

🎯 Categories

Short

⭐ Featured Review

A tight little documentary that manages to conjure suspense despite the well-known outcome
by cinephile-shields2009-10-10

"The infamous oil spill, now over 20 years old is given the documentary treatment in this well written and produced little film. From first responder eyewitness accounts to the cautionary tale coda, 'Hindsight and Foresight' offers a chastening close-up of an environmental catastrophe. Eschewing clichés and obvious temptations to dramatize circumstances and demonize culprits, Shigenaka wisely allows events to gather their own momentum and gravitas. The narrator employs similar restraint in his expert delivery of the script. In exercising restraint, the director seems to be saying, the..."

📖 Synopsis

Documentary short revisiting the Exxon Valdez oil spill twenty years later, and the changes it brought about in its wake.