The dark side of global development: the Niger Delta, once a natural paradise, has been transformed into an inferno of rigs and refineries operated by Western oil companies that have destroyed the area's ecosystem and reaped enormous profits. Over 20 million people live and work in the Delta, where se vere contamination of the flora and fauna has led to changes in the food chain. In reaction to repeated attacks by special forces and the Nigerian police in the oil firms' hire to stifle protest, the local population has resorted to armed retaliation. The film shows for the first time from an insider's perspective the life-threatening risks the members of one of these homeland defense groups, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger (MEND) are willing to take to stop the devastation.
Delta Oil's Dirty Business
Genre
Documentary
Country
Greece
Year
2006
Duration
65'
Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Production Companies
ERT, Small Planet
Languages
English
Director's Notes
Director's Notes
«Delta Oil's Dirty Business is an ecological thriller. It proves that the practices of the multinational oil companies in that part of the world are quite different from their advertisement spots. It shows also that whenever the 'development' leads to disaster, then conflict becomes inevitable».
Energy
Energy
The main protagonist in a challenging transition that has consistently sparked environmental discussions with its various aspects: fossil fuels, nuclear energy, hydroelectric power, solar power, wind energy, sustainable resources, non-sustainable resources, eco-friendly, harmful.
Food on Film project
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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Creative Europe Media Program. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.