Free Screening: "The Power of Big Oil"

The San Francisco Public Library continues July’s Everybody's Climate film series with a screening of The Power of Big Oil, a three-part documentary that examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. The Power of Big Oil traces decades of missed opportunities and the ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account.

Directors: Jane McMullen, Gesbeen Mohammad, Robin Barnwell
NR, 3 hrs 10 mins., 2022. Closed captions (CC) in English.

Please stay for the post-screening Q&A with Chelsea Linsley, Senior Attorney with The Center for Climate Integrity

The Center for Climate Integrity is a nonprofit organization that supports communities in efforts to hold oil and gas corporations accountable for deceiving the public about their harmful products.

Chelsea Linsley is a Senior Attorney based in Oakland, CA. Chelsea has over eight years of experience holding major industries accountable for the protection of the environment and human health. She joined the Center for Climate Integrity in 2022 and supports the organization’s legal strategies on climate change and insurance.

Everybody’s Climate 2025: Connect with others to address the climate crisis in ways that are meaningful to you, from poetry and music to science and practical action.

More info about the film: https://sfpl.org/events/2025/07/24/film-power-big-oil-qa-chelsea-linsley
More info about Everybody’s Climate 2025 program series: sfpl.org/everybodysclimate

11:45 Meet in SFPL's Latino Room (lower level) at 100 Larkin St.
12:00 The film starts at 12 noon
3:30 After the film we will stay for a brief post-screening Q&A
3:45 We will meet across the street at Gyro King (25 Grove St.) for more conversation.