Black Black Oil reveals the hidden infrastructure of oil from the offshore rigs and the buried pipelines to its flow through the stock markets of London. It explores the complexity of the challenge as the North Sea industry struggles to meet the need to cut carbon emissions whilst oil workers see their livelihoods under threat and investors seek to protect their assets. Meanwhile a younger generation of climate activists are catalysed by the signs of impending chaos, and the very real threat of global sea level rises. Black Black Oil explores the complexities of transitioning away from oil and gas as a society and considers how quickly can we do it?
The film brings together a fascinating array of voices including: Holly Gillibrand (dubbed “Scotland’s Greta”), Emeka Emembolu (Senior VP of BP North Sea), Jake Molloy (Regional Organiser, RMT Union), Mikaela Loach (Edinburgh medical student currently suing the UK government), Sir Ian Wood (ex CEO, Wood Group), James Marriott (co-author of Crude Britannia), Sir David King (former UK Government’s Climate Advisor), Deirdre Michie (CEO of Oil & Gas UK), Steve Waygood (Chief Responsible Investor at Aviva Investors), Tessa Khan (climate lawyer from Uplift), Kevin Anderson (Professor of Energy & Climate Change, Manchester University), Ann Pettifor (economist & author), and others.
Emma Davie
Sonja Henrici
David Harron
James Marriott, Terry Macalister
Kirstie McLure
Julian Schwanitz
Martin Kayser Landwehr
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