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Africa: Big Money Big Oil

Over five years, director Rachel Boynton and her cinematographer film the quest for oil in Ghana by Dallas-based company Kosmos.

Over five years, director Rachel Boynton and her cinematographer film the quest for oil in Ghana by Dallas-based Kosmos. The company develops the country's first commercial oil field, yet its success is quickly compromised by political intrigue and accusations of corruption. As Ghanaians wait to reap the benefits of oil, the filmmakers discover violent resistance down the coast in the Niger Delta, where poor Nigerians have yet to prosper from decades-old oil fields. Executive produced by Brad Pitt, Big Men provides an unprecedented inside look at the global deal making and dark underside of energy development - a contest for money and power that is reshaping the world.

10 minutes

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Sun 20 Mar 2016 20:10GMT

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