TweetSweet Crude trailer 2009 Sweet Crude is a documentary film about the Niger Delta of Nigeria — the humanitarian and environmental devastation there in the wake of 50 years of unregulated oil extraction, the history of non-violent protest by Niger Deltans demanding control of their own resources and the emergence of the Movement for the…
Tag Archive: exploitation
Recommended Food Related Documentaries
Tweet* Billions of people around the globe go to bed hungry and struggle to find nourishment. Why is it that communities with the most resources are often impoverished? How is food processed, who controls what we eat, and what if anything can we do to make change? Here are some documentaries addressing issues of food…
Edward Said – Orientalism
Tweet Edward Said describes Orientalism as “the manufacture of the other” mainly done for purposes of domination. He locates Orientalism within the history of military and ideological imperialism . It is an attempt to acquire information in a way that is neither innocent nor objective, but driven by special interests (such as the control of…
Niger Delta Oil Curse
Tweet I created this short clip in memory of the exploited people of the oil rich Niger Delta in Nigeria, with music from Fela Anikulapo Kuti. This was inspired by “The Next Gulf: London, Washington and Oil Conflict in Nigeria” a terrific book by British authors,Andrew Rowell, James Marriott, Lorne Stockman at Platform.