Big men, [presented by] Impact Partners, Screen Pass Pictures, and Whitewater Films ; a film by Rachel Boynton ; a Boynton Films production
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Big men, [presented by] Impact Partners, Screen Pass Pictures, and Whitewater Films ; a film by Rachel Boynton ; a Boynton Films production
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Big men
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
[presented by] Impact Partners, Screen Pass Pictures, and Whitewater Films ; a film by Rachel Boynton ; a Boynton Films production
Runtime
99
Summary
Big Men is a real-life Treasure of the Sierra Madre, an epic tale about ambitious people who uncover a massive and exquisitely rare pot of gold in one of the poorest places on earth. In 2007 US-based Kosmos Energy discovers the first oil in the history of the West African republic of Ghana. What follows over the next five years is a twisting tale of greed and deception, which director Rachel Boynton films with razor-sharp journalistic skill. While in Ghana she makes side trips to nearby Nigeria, whose own oil reserves have been responsible for a vicious cycle of exploitation with little appreciable benefit to the country itself. Big Men travels from company meetings about oil deals worth billions to gatherings of heavily armed militants preparing to strike. And along the way it poses vital questions about what fundamentally motivates us: Is unbridled greed an intrinsic part of human nature? And can what unites us ever be greater than what divides us. A remarkable verité portrait of the deeper implications of global capitalism and the quest for oil, acclaim and cash that affects us all--Outcast Films website, viewed Jan. 20, 2014. DVD format
Technique
live action
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Everyone wants to be big
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- Documentary films
- Avarice
- Business and politics -- Ghana
- Capitalism
- Business and politics -- Case studies
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Ghana
- Ghana -- Social conditions
- Avarice -- Case studies
- Ghana -- Economic conditions
- Nigeria -- Economic conditions
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Nigeria
- Business ethics -- Case studies
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Developing countries
- Historical films
- Petroleum industry and trade + Corrupt practices
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Business and politics -- Nigeria
- Nigeria -- Social conditions
- Globalization + Economic aspects
- Globalization + Social aspects
- Environmental films
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor9
- Genre3
- Subject21
- Documentary films
- Avarice
- Business and politics -- Ghana
- Capitalism
- Business and politics -- Case studies
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Ghana
- Ghana -- Social conditions
- Avarice -- Case studies
- Ghana -- Economic conditions
- Nigeria -- Economic conditions
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Nigeria
- Business ethics -- Case studies
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Developing countries
- Historical films
- Petroleum industry and trade + Corrupt practices
- Petroleum industry and trade
- Business and politics -- Nigeria
- Nigeria -- Social conditions
- Globalization + Economic aspects
- Globalization + Social aspects
- Environmental films
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- Composer1
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- resource.editorofmovingimagework1
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- Film distributor1
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- Interviewee1
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