Big men / Impact Partners, Screen Pass Pictures, and Whitewater Films present ; a film by Rachel Boynton ; directed, produced and written by Rachel Boynton ; a Boynton Films production.

The film's central story follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy. Between 2007 and 2011, with unprecedented, independent access, Big Men's two-person crew filmed inside the oil company as Kosmos and its partners discovered and developed the first commerc...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Big men (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Boynton Films (Production company)
Impact Partners (Firm) (Presenter)
Screen Pass Pictures (Firm) (Presenter)
Whitewater Films (Presenter)
Outcast Films (Publisher)
Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Boynton, Rachel (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, on-screen participant.)
Furmanski, Jonathan (director of photography.)
Bomse, Seth (Editor of moving image work)
Larson, Nathan, 1970- (composer (expression))
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; closed-captioned in English.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, [2014]
Subjects:
Kosmos Energy.
Petroleum industry and trade > Ghana.
Petroleum industry and trade > Nigeria.
Petroleum industry and trade > Moral and ethical aspects > Ghana.
Petroleum industry and trade > Moral and ethical aspects > Nigeria.
Avarice.
Capitalism > Social aspects > Ghana.
Capitalism > Social aspects > Nigeria.
Ghana > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Ghana > Foreign economic relations.
Nigeria > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Nigeria > Foreign economic relations.
Capitalism > Social aspects.
Economic history.
International economic relations.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum industry and trade > Moral and ethical aspects.
Ghana.
Nigeria.
2000-2099
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource via Kanopy - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (101 min.)) : sound, color
Variant Title:
Big men : inside the African oil industry
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
The film's central story follows a small group of American explorers at Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy. Between 2007 and 2011, with unprecedented, independent access, Big Men's two-person crew filmed inside the oil company as Kosmos and its partners discovered and developed the first commercial oil field in Ghana's history. Simultaneously the crew filmed in the swamps of Nigeria's Niger Delta, following the exploits of a militant gang to reveal another side of the economy of oil: people trying to profit in any way possible, because they've given up on waiting for the money to trickle down. So what happens when a group of hungry people discover a massive and exquisitely rare pot of gold in one of the poorest places on earth?
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Call Number:HD9577.G42 B55 2014 Online
Credits:Cinematography, Jonathan Furmanski ; editor, Seth Bomse ; original music, Nathan Larson.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from title frames.