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The Oil Machine (PG)
Directed by Emma Davie
WITH soaring energy prices and just days before this year’s Cop27 summit in Egypt comes this thought-provoking documentary which takes a deep dive into our addiction to oil and how it is intrinsically embedded in our lives, our economy and our society.
Described as an invisible machine, the film, directed by Emma Davie, provides a potted history of North Sea Oil and how its influence extends from high finance and pensions, to cheap consumer goods which are made from oil. Apparently, the manufacture of the iPhone involves six litres of the black stuff.
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