Oil Spill of The Century

Oil Spill of The Century

6.3/100h 44m2018
Oil Spill of The Century

Overview

In 1978, the Amoco Cadiz, a supertanker loaded with 220,000 tons of petrol, ran aground in Brittany, France. The accident caused the biggest oil spill France has ever known and is still today known as one of the 20th century’s biggest ecological catastrophes. Forty years later, Loïck Peyron tries to understand how nature recovered from the disaster and what lessons were learned from it.

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Documentary

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Additional Information

Original Title:Amoco Cadiz: la marée noire du siècle, 40 ans après
Original Language:French
Status:Released

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