New York Times: 'A Filmmaker’s Quest for Journalistic Protection'

"A case about pollution, big business and the movies has reopened longstanding debates about who is a journalist and how far parties to a lawsuit can reach when seeking ammunition for their side," write John Schwartz and Dave Itzkoff. "The case involves a documentary, Crude, that tells the story of a long-running legal battle in which Ecuadorean plaintiffs are suing Chevron over the pollution of the Amazon rain forest. As part of its defense, Chevron demanded 600 hours of outtake footage from Crude, saying it could help the company show corruption and misconduct by the plaintiffs." More at the New York Times.