Blood and Oil (2008)

Blood and Oil

2008

Documentary

Synopsis

The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded as nonsense or mere conspiracy theory. In Blood and Oil, bestselling author and Nation magazine defense correspondent Michael T. Klare challenges this conventional wisdom and corrects 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.

Credits

Director

Jeremy Earp

Cast

Dick Cheney as Self (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)

George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)

George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Carter as Self (archive footage)

Osama bin Laden as Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)

Saddam Hussein as Self (archive footage)