Deepwater Horizon

In our everyday conceptions we use the laws of nature with their enormous possibilities of technical progress for the benefit of mankind. The catastrophes of Chernobyl (1986), Fukushima Daichii (2011) and in the Gulf of Mexico, explosion of the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon (2010), have shaken this world's view. Is it a matter of human or technical failure?

A dramatization of the April 2010 disaster when the offshore drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

Il 20 aprile 2010 sulla Deepwater Horizon nel Golfo del Messico, si è verificato uno dei più gravi disastri mondiali causati dall'uomo. Questo film racconta una storia di vitale importanza che molti non hanno visto: la storia dei 126 lavoratori che si trovavano a bordo della Deepwater Horizon quel giorno, sorpresi nelle più strazianti circostanze immaginabili - uomini e donne altamente specializzati che riponevano in un faticoso turno le speranze di tornare dalle loro famiglie ed alle loro vite sulla terraferma.

D’après l’incroyable histoire vraie de la plus grande catastrophe pétrolière de l’histoire.

The Gulf of Mexico is an open and dynamic marine ecosystem rich in natural resources but heavily impacted by human activities, including agricultural, industrial, commercial and coastal development. The Gulf of Mexico has been continuously exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons for millions of years from natural oil and gas seeps on the sea floor, and more recently from oil drilling and production activities located in the water near and far from shore.