Big men / [presented by] Impact Partners, Screen Pass Pictures, and Whitewater Films ; a film by Rachel Boynton ; a Boynton Films production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Boynton, Rachel, film director, film producer, screenwriter, interviewee, director, producer, interviewee.

Furmanski, Jonathan, director of photography, director of photography.

Bomse, Seth, editor of moving image work, editor.

Larson, Nathan, 1970- composer, composer.

Boynton Films, production company, producer.

Impact Partners (Firm), production company, producer.

Screen Pass Pictures (Firm), production company, producer.

Whitewater Films, production company, producer.

Outcast Films, film distributor, distributor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Ghana.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Petroleum industry and trade--Nigeria.

Nigeria.

Avarice.

Capitalism.

Ghana.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Educational version.

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : Outcast Films, 2015.

Language Note:

In English; with English sub-titles.

System Details:

DVD.

digital optical

video file DVD video region 1

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.

Credits:

Director/producer/writer, Rachel Boynton ; cinematography, Jonathan Furmanski ; editor, Seth Bomse ; original music, Nathan Larson.

Notes:

Bonus features include: Outtakes from the film and interview with director Rachel Boynton.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

OCLC:

900569187

Publisher Number:

701327486354