"Even before the devastating spill off the coast of Louisiana, BP — the British company that operated the Deepwater Horizon — had racked up numerous safety violations, as well as deadly explosions and ruptured pipelines in Texas and Alaska. Filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell, however, have more than one villain in their sights. Branching out from the April 2010 spill, they paint a portrait of a political system so corrupted by the oil and gas industry that it has rendered Louisiana less a state in our union than an "oil colony." - By Mindy Farabee, Los Angeles Times Full Article