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52 min.
Colleges and Universities
$195.00
High Schools and Non-Profits
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Reviews and Comments
"Michael Klare looks into the future with sharper eyes than almost anyone else around. Pay attention!"
Bill McKibben | author of The End of Nature
"Michael Klare's analysis of the role of oil in U.S. foreign policy since 1945 is indispensable to an understanding of the critical problems we face. I hope that this lucid and historically accurate film is widely seen."
Chalmers Johnson | author of the Blowback Trilogy
"Blood & Oil is a compelling, credible and thought-provoking history lesson for all Americans. A must-see for current and older generations who served America's militaristic pursuit of oil, and for their children who will soon be required to conduct a serious intervention at home to heal this nation's blood for oil compulsion."
Karen Kwiatowski | retired USAF lieutenant colonel
"Blood and Oil is an indispensable primer on the role of oil in driving US military policy. Every peace activist, every environmental activist, and every concerned citizen should see this film for the perspective it provides on how to free the U.S. and the world of our addiction to oil."
William Hartung | New America Foundation
"Michael T. Klare's Blood and Oil is a thoughtful and important look at the history of U.S. dependency on petroleum. It is an important
contribution to understanding how our nation got itself into the dire and completely avoidable addiction to a substance that threatens both
our global economy and our planetary survival."
Harvey Wasserman | Author of SOLARTOPIA! Our Green-Powered Earth
"...a very, very well made film"
AfterDowningStreet.org
"Digging into the archives of military history, Klare discerns a clear pattern: Presidential commitment to oil addiction entails mounting costs and loss of life. Our next President must break the mold, freeing us from our deadly dependency."
Deron Lovaas | Co-Director of the NRDC's Move America Beyond Oil project
"Blood and Oil makes it plain and simple - it's the oil, stupid. Michael Klare provides a chilling and compelling argument that oil is and has been at the foundation of many dire conflicts around the world. The film dramatizes this fact with gripping historic footage of the confluence of oil and militarism."
Andy Shallal | Owner, Busboys & Poets
Praise for the book
"Powerful... thoughtful and well-researched."
The Economist
"Timely and vitally important. Klare's mastery of the interplay of natural resources and conflict is unrivaled."
Jeffrey D. Sachs | Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
"Thoughtful... provides an up-to-moment view of the world through oil. Klare's understanding of global politics lend credibility to his recommendations."
The Christian Science Monitor
"Thorough and lucid."
The Independent (London)
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Blood and Oil
Featuring Michael T. Klare
(2008)
NOW AVAILABLE!
In this section:
Summary
Logistical Information
Biographical Summary
Reviews and Comments
Screenings and Festivals
Articles
Summary:
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. Blood and Oil, a new documentary based on the critically-acclaimed work of Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare, challenges this conventional wisdom to correct the historical record. The film unearths declassified documents and highlights forgotten passages in prominent presidential doctrines to show how concerns about oil have been at the core of American foreign policy for more than 60 years — rendering our contemporary energy and military policies virtually indistinguishable. In the end, Blood and Oil calls for a radical re-thinking of US energy policy, warning that unless we change direction, we stand to be drawn into one oil war after another as the global hunt for diminishing world petroleum supplies accelerates.
Logistical Information:
(2008) 52 minutes
Click here to download the transcript
Directed by: Jeremy Earp
Produced by: Scott Morris
Executive Producers: Sut Jhally
Written by: Michael T. Klare, Jeremy Earp, and Scott Morris
Based on the book: Blood and Oil by Michael T. Klare
Co-produced by: Andrew Killoy
Edited by: Andrew Killoy & Scott Morris
Associate Producer: Jason Young & Loretta Alper
Post-Production Supervisor: Andrew Killoy
Biographical Summary:
Michael T. Klare, one of the world’s most renowned experts on energy and security issues, is the Five College Professor of Peace and World Security Studies (a joint appointment at Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst) and Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), positions he has held since 1985.
He is the author of thirteen books, including, most recently Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books, 2008), Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum (Metropolitan Books, 2004), and Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict (Metropolitan Books, 2001).
Professor Klare has written widely on U.S. defense policy, the arms trade, global resource politics, and world security affairs. He is the defense correspondent of The Nation magazine and a Contributing Editor of Current History. He also regularly contributes to various publications including Foreign Affairs, ForeignPolicy, Harper's, International Security, Le Monde Diplomatique, Newsweek, Scientific American, Technology Review, Third World Quarterly, and World Policy Journal.
Professor Klare received his B.A. and M.A. from Columbia University in 1963 and 1968, respectively, and his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the Union Institute in 1976.
Screenings and Festivals:
Coming Soon
Articles:
"Blood and Oil"
LewRockwell.com | Karen Kwiatkowski | July 7, 2008
"Blood and Oil" an Important Film to See and Share
AfterDowningStreet.org | June 24, 2008
The Roots of Our Painful Oil Addiction
NRDC | Moving Beyond Oil blog | June 9, 2008
Media Conference: Blood and Oil | Utne blog | June 7, 2008
Oil and the "New International Energy Order" | Fresh Air | NPR
Michael Klare on Democracy Now! | September 14, 2007
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