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Black Gold (2011)

Black Gold poster
Directed by
Jeta Amata
Genre
drama film, political film
Country
Nigeria
Runtime
2h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A community in Nigeria's Niger Delta fights their own government and an oil company that has taken their land and ruined the environment.

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What happens

Black Gold is a 2011 drama film co-produced and directed by Jeta Amata. One local Niger Delta community's struggle against their own government and a multi-national oil corporation who has plundered their land and destroyed the environment. The film was reissued in 2012 with the title Black November, with 60% of the scenes reshot and additional scenes included to make the film "more current". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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