The Great Invisible

A film by Margaret Brown

The truth will surface

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in American history. The explosion still haunts the lives of those most intimately affected, though the story has long ago faded from the front page.

At once a fascinating corporate thriller, a heartbreaking human drama and a peek inside the walls of the secretive oil industry, THE GREAT INVISIBLE is the first documentary feature to go beyond the media coverage to examine the crisis in depth through the eyes of oil executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on.

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Director

Margaret Brown

Producer

Margaret Brown, Julie Goldman, and Jason Orans

Runtime

92 Minutes

Rights Represented

Educational Rights

Captions Available

None Available

Language

English

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Festival & Awards

Official Selection – SXSW Film Festival

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The Great Invisible

The truth will surface

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