Texaco, later absorbed by Chevron, drills for oil in Ecuador's Amazon from 1964 to 1992, and by the time it leaves, the company has dumped an estimated 19 billion gallons of crude and wastewater into the rainforest, according to the plaintiffs who spent the next quarter-century suing over it. Empire Files host Abby Martin travels to the region to see the aftermath firsthand: unlined waste pits still leaching oil into the soil, rivers local Indigenous and farming communities depend on for drinking water and fishing, and residents describing spikes in cancer and other illness since the spills. She interviews affected villagers, environmental and legal experts, and Ecuadorean officials, building a timeline of the drilling operation, the cleanup Chevron claims it completed, and the litigation the company has fought in court after court rather than pay the judgment against it. The film treats the legal battle as still unresolved, tracking Chevron's counter-lawsuits and lobbying alongside the physical evidence of contamination on the ground.