Struggle for Oil

The development of the oil resources of Canada's prairies brought industrial prosperity. It also helped meet an insatiable demand for oil--for air transport, domestic use, and the automotive industry.

Flying Oil

A Terrytoons cartoon released 5 April 1935.

Oil of Eternal Life

A young woman is cursed by a sorcerer to live as a Krasue, which means her head sometimes detaches (complete with guts and internal organs dangling beneath) and she seeks out blood.

Bear Oil

After finding a dead sheep on their property, two young girls are compelled to track the animal that has killed their livestock. Set on Prince Edward Island in 1926, this story is loosely based on real events leading to

Sunflower Oil

After lying about her cooking skills to impress a guy she likes, American expat Billie desperately tries to hide the fact that she has ordered takeout for her dinner party.

White Oil

White Oil is a film about the quarries in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The film unfolds narratives around colonialism, expropriation of land and mobility through the day-to-day lives of the quarry owners, worker

The Oil Machine

From the discovery of huge oil fields off the coast of Scotland to their mass privatisation during the Thatcher era, The Oil Machine highlights how oil became the invisible engine driving UK economic and public policy. I

Qulliq (Oil Lamp)

Women of the Arnait Video Collective reenact a traditional women's activity: the use of the qulliq. The qulliq is the seal oil lamp and stove of the old days, the only source of light and warmth. The women tell the story

The Oil Raider

"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investmen

Son of Oil

Son of Oil is a cautionary tale about the decline of Western civilization, as only Oursler could envision it. Oil is the central metaphor around which he constructs a burlesque critique of the cults of money and power th

Like Crude Oil

Lubricating Oil

This unusual film uses beautiful images and powerful music to depict the function of lubricants used in steel mill rolls and airplane jet engines.

The Social Oil

Line Verndal takes us on a journey into the world of coffee to explore taste, aroma, history and culture, and to experience the people and passion behind good coffee.

Bad President - Oil Spill

In an alternate timeline Arizona State alumni William “Billy” Coltran was the president of the USA. Billy addresses the nation regarding a serious oil spill.

Love, Oil and Grease

Ham and Bud, working as mechanics, wreak havoc at a new car dealership, almost wrecking a big sale.

Oil Spill of The Century

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 cen

Oil on Wind

In an island on the south of Spain, a lone man collects olives from a landscape made of water and dry branches.

A Pot of Boiling Oil

A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. David Lynch interacts with his cast while they tell some stories.

Snake Oil Song

Chino spends his days on the outskirts of the Amazon river hunting the anaconda that ate his dog. When an American hires Chino as a river guide, an encounter with illegal gold miners puts his life in jeopardy.

Oil Sands Karaoke

Oil Sands Karaoke is a documentary about five oil patch workers vying to win a karaoke contest in one of the most controversial places on the planet - Northern Alberta's infamous Oil Sands. These five characters know the