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Oil & Water

Shot over six years, Oil & Water is the true David and Goliath story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world’s worst toxic disasters. Educated in the U.S., Hugo returns home to fight for his Amazonian tribe's survival. By chance he meets David, who learned of the oil disaster in Hugo's homeland in sixth grade and has grown up fighting to revolutionize the oil industry.

Coming to Global Voices: Oil & Water

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Shot over six years, Oil & Water is the true story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world’s worst toxic disasters. Hugo fights for the survival of his Amazonian tribe, while David attempts to revolutionize the oil industry. Will David clean up one of the world’s dirtiest industries?

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