Delta – Oil’s Dirty Business
Dir: Yorgos AvgeropoulosAt the Delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, where a vast proportion of the planet’s oil is excavated, bomb attacks, abductions and murders form part of the daily routine. The documentary portrays the image of “development”, as giant multinational petroleum companies would define it. Petroleum leaks in the River destroy the flora and fauna, poison the food chain and consequently wipe out the 27 million indigenous people of the area – the Ijaws, the Ogoni and the Itsekiris.
The inhabitants dare to ask the self-evident, they demand an end to it. As a response they are being massively and brutally attacked by special forces of the army and the police, which are armed by the oil companies. On the river the camera meets militia of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta—MEND—and, for the first time, presents to the world shattering images of their speed boat patrols and heavy weaponry.
The Delta of Niger is a lost paradise. As the documentary reveals, it is a place where despite the natural beauty, contemporary “globalized” hell prevails.
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- DURATION: 64min
- AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES: English | French | Greek
- AVAILABLE VERSIONS: English (64min) | French (64min) | Greek (64min)
- YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2007
- Written, Produced & Directed by: Yorgos Avgeropoulos
- Research Coordinator: Apostolis Kaparoudakis
- Production Manager: Anastasia Skoubri
- Director of Photography: Yiannis Avgeropoulos
- Editing: Dimitris Nikolopoulos, Meletis Pongkas
- Original Music: Yiannis Paxevanis
- Graphics: Sakis Palpanas
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