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Video from Sweet Crude
Overview
- Genre
- Current Affairs, Environment, Human Rights, Social Issues, and Minorities
- Synopsis
In a small corner of the most populous country in Africa, billions of dollars of crude oil flow under the feet of a desperate people. The indigenous communities of the Niger Delta have resisted exploitation for decades. But on the world's media stage, no one paid attention. Until now.
- Stage
- finished
- Running time
- 94 minutes
Credits
- Jill Freidberg ... Editor, Writer
Production Details
- Prod. Co.
- Mad Eye Media
- Country
- Nigeria
- Years of Production
- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Locations
- Nigeria
- Prod. Partners
- VÉRITÉ COFFEE, VIRASANA PRODUCTIONS
Distribution Details
- Release year
- 2009
- Festivals
- Full Frame, Big Sky, SIFF, Vancouver International, United Nations Association Film Fest, DMZ Docs: Korean International Festival 2009 Strasbourg International Film Festival 2009 International Documentary Association DocuWeeks LA and NYC 2009
- Awards
- Audience Choice Award Cinema Politica, Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision SIFF 2009, Special Jury Prize DMZ Docs: Korean International Documentary Film Festival 2009 Best Documentary Bahamas Intl Film Fest
- Language
- English, Iijaw
- Subtitles
- English, Spanish
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