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posted by Asaf Rashid on Apr 10, 2011 - View profile
Halifax
Sweet Crude (LOCATION CHANGED, please see)
the first feature documentary about the struggle on the Niger Delta
3:00pm
Sunday April 17 2011
Venue: Haliburton Room, Arts and Administration building, King's College
Cost: nuthin
NOTE: The Arts and Administration Building is connected to the New Academic Building (former location). The A&A is just the older portion. If you walk in the front entrance of the A&A, turn right and there's the Haliburton room. There will be signs anyways.
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Screening to be followed by a discussion about the politics of oil and energy. This is the first 2011 event of NSPIRG's revitalized Films on Critical Issues project, a local of the Cinema Politica network! We're starting with a big one...
Description of film:
Trailer: http://www.sweetcrudemovie.com/videoGallery.php
Sweet Crude is the story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta – a story that’s
never been captured in a feature-length film.
Beginning with the filmmaker’s initial trip to document the building of a library in a remote village, Sweet Crude is a journey of multi-layered revelation and ever-deepening questions. It’s about
survival, corruption, greed and armed resistance. It’s about one place in one moment, with themes that echo many places throughout history. Sweet Crude shows the humanity behind the statistics, events and highly sensationalized media portrayal of the region. Set against a stunning backdrop of Niger Delta footage, the film gives voice to the region’s complex mix of stakeholders and invites the audience to learn the deeper story.
Ultimately, the events unfolding in the Niger Delta affect us all.
Sweet Crude was a finalist for the Jury Award Best Documentary at the Ashland Independent Film Festival; won Best of Fest at the Everett Women's Film Festival; won the Programmer's Award Best Documentary at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival ...
Organizer:info@nspirg.org
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