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The Great Invisible

Play trailer Poster for The Great Invisible PG-13 Released Oct 29, 2014 1h 32m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
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The Deepwater Horizon crisis is seen through the perspectives of oil company executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it firsthand.
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Empathetic, smartly crafted, and ultimately devastating, The Great Invisible offers a deep and expansive look at the causes and effects of American energy policy.

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Steve Davis Austin Chronicle To the filmmakers' credit, the points of view in The Great Invisible are comprehensive and varied, though it's clear who they view as the good guys and bad guys here. Rated: 3/5 Dec 11, 2014 Full Review Stephanie Merry Washington Post Brown seamlessly blends the emotional, intimate stories of people with bigger pictures, using the explosion as the starting point for a ripple effect that just keeps growing. Rated: 3/4 Nov 6, 2014 Full Review Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly Most of all, it's a sobering look at a part of coastal America that will never be the same again. Rated: A- Nov 5, 2014 Full Review Andrew Parker The Gate When viewed through the eyes of someone living in 2020, one begins to notice a pattern concerning corporate influence over disaster response. Rated: 8/10 Dec 10, 2020 Full Review Asia Frey Lagniappe (Mobile, AL) [Margaret Brown] simply, masterfully, lays out the threads of the situation in front of us in such a way that what we thought we knew is made devastatingly urgent and new. Aug 22, 2018 Full Review John Fink The Film Stage It does answer an awful lot of questions, disturbingly showing how far we have not come in making progress towards low carbon energy sources. Rated: B+ Jun 21, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Powerful documentary on offshore oil drilling. To be fair, it simply exposes the horrific truth most of us already suspected, but infused with personal stories and hard data makes it all the more uncomfortable to view. Important work Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member good doc the real story of deepwater horizon Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked listening to the guys who were on the rig tell their story and the overwater shots of the oil slick. Some of the talking heads weren't interesting for me. Mister Rosie was the most interesting part for me. Watching him go around and feed people and talk to Alabama locals was captivating (I can't think of the right word but captivating is close). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member America makes up 4.4 % of the total world population...but yearly, we use up 21% of all consumed petroleum. I think something is wrong based on this number alone. If we are going to sustain future life on this planet, our attitudes as consumers must change and our dependence on oil must shift to cleaner methods of energy. And it's documentaries like this one, which help us to see the problems not just on a micro level. 4 stars ! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member The result is a logical, informative, radical documentary that will make your blood boil, and rightfully so. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member This documentary provides us all with a vivid reminder of the great atrocity that occurred a little over 4 years ago -- and it reminds us through the first-hand accounts by those involved. From the workers on the rig to the widows to the suits running the company; you hear from every group impacted by this disaster. The film had no real agenda, and didn't even really pick a side (aside from the fact that the incident, itself, makes BP and TransOcean seem pretty guilty of negligence). Instead, viewers are left hearing an array of perspectives, many of which are entirely new and exclusive to the film. We are able to hear new voices and see new footage that we've never seen before, and it allows us to be reminded of how recent this disaster was, and how close we may be to it happening again. An important film for all to see. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The Deepwater Horizon crisis is seen through the perspectives of oil company executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it firsthand.
Director
Margaret Brown
Producer
Margaret Brown, Julie Goldman, Kyle Martin, Jason Orans
Distributor
Radius TWC
Production Co
Passion Pictures, Motto Pictures, ITVS International, Gigantic Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Thematic Material)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 29, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.0K
Runtime
1h 32m
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