As an appeals process begins over a judge's ruling that director Joe Berlinger surrender outtakes to Chevron, documentarians worry about the chilling effect such action could have on other filmmakers
By John Horn, Los Angeles Times
In one of Hollywood's most gripping legal thrillers, Chevron Corp. is trying to obtain 600 hours of outtakes from a documentary film focused on oil industry environmental practices in Ecuador, sparking a court battle that has attracted the attention of 1st Amendment lawyers, top filmmakers, show business unions and a corporation that says it was defamed in another nonfiction film.
