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Sweet Crude
Winner Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision, Presented by Women in Film/Seattle
Seattle filmmaker Sandy Cioffi and her Seattle-based crew made headlines while shooting this documentary about the Nigerian oil industry when they were taken into custody by the Nigerian military. Ten percent of the U.S. oil supply comes from Nigeria. Oil is big business in the Niger Delta in particular, and hundreds of billions of dollars have been generated from that resource. Of course, big money leads to massive corruption, and 80 percent of the revenues go to just 1 percent of the population. Even worse is the environmental devastation that's happening to the land. Areas that used to be fishing grounds have been fouled by oil spills, oil has contaminated much of the water supply for the 20 million people who live in the Niger Delta, and a large number of residents suffer from oil poisoning. The list goes on. Peaceful protests have been shown to be ineffective in the face of such widespread corruption, and militant groups are starting to form to take action against the powerful oil companies, if only to get attention from the rest of the world. Sweet Crude is an attempt to tell the world what's really happening in the Niger Delta, because it will affect all of us eventually. Director Sandy Cioffi expected to attend all screenings
Sponsors:
4Culture, News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Washington State Arts Commission
Cast & Crew
Director: Sandy Cioffi
Producer: Sandy Cioffi, Kate Wolf
Editor: Jill Friedberg
Screenwriter: Leslye Wood, Jill Friedberg, Sandy Cioffi
Cinematographer: Sean Porter
Music: Julie Wolf
Filmography: Debut Feature Film
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A sad, untold story of exploitation, Jun 04, 2009
By Mark Stoner
“If anyone still needs further evidence that America's energy policy needs a complete conversion to renewable strategies, this film sadly demonstrates what happens when oil companies collude with governments for resource extraction without regard for the environment or the health of the planet's”
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