Oil and Water
Feature Documentary
Creative Brief
An oil documentary like no other, Oil & Water explores the complex relationship between coastal Cajuns in Louisiana and the oil and gas industry, following a family and their seafood business as they continue to support deepwater drilling in the wake of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Role
Production & Post-Production
Collaborators
Producer David Schmit
Executive Producer Blake Haney
Producer David Schmit
Davis and Winkler-Schmit enlisted the help of historians, anthropologists, engineers, scientists, journalists, bureaucrats, oilmen and fishermen. Each voice contributed another layer and another complication to the issues faced by Acadians.
-Phil McCausland, New Orleans Advocate