Long-time followers of Nashville 24/7 know that one editor sometimes invites readers "into the weeds," meaning a story is not frothy, funny, or otherwise easy on brain cells.

We know about the continuting oil spill in the Gulf, or we know that we don't know much about it. We probably also know that although this may be the worst event of the bunch, it's not the only incident.

What we probably don't know is that another oil company, Chevron, has been at the center of its own issues, revolving around an incident known as "Amazon Chernobyl," where the company dumped 18 billion (with a B) gallons of toxic oil waste into the rivers and onto the land in Eduador. Ecuadorreans sued, of course. Chevron dragged its feet of course, it's been going on for years.

But now the case has taken an interesting turn: At the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, the documentary CRUDE was screened, which tells the story of the incident. Chevron is demanding the raw footage from the documentary, believing that showing it will help the oil giant in its pursuit to have lawsuits against it dismissed, at least in the case of "Amazon Chernobyl."

The secondary question, dear readers, is whether documentary film makers enjoy the same priviledges of confidentiality 'enjoyed' by investigative journalists. However, we might all suspect, the primary question us whether any investigavie journalists should enjoy those priviledges.

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