Out of Balance
by Ealasaid Haas • February 15, 2007 • Cinequest 17, Documentary
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Global climate change is hardly a new subject for documentaries, but “Out of Balance” takes a new tack on it: what is effects are ExxonMobil, the gigantic oil company, having on global warming? Filmmaker Tom Jackson points an accusing finger at the company with this expose of its attempts to prevent the move away from using oil. ExxonMobil is the largest company in the world, and it uses its influence to shape policy in its favor.
Cynics in the audience will not find anything new here except specific facts – preaching to the choir, as they say. But those who don’t know about ExxonMobil’s shaping of White House environmental policy or the terrible mishandling of the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska will find their eyes opened.