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Sweet Crude now available on DVD!

jinn — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:38:38 +0000

The wait is over! The film Sweet Crude is now available on DVD.

You can buy it right here, right now.

Sweet Crude is an acclaimed documentary that captures the realities of the Niger Delta. Directing attention to a region devastated by oil, Sweet Crude movingly portrays the strength, beauty, and resilience of communities in the Niger Delta while unpacking myths about the region, particularly by exposing actual distortions in reporting by international media.

As the official activist partner of the film team, JINN has been helping to engage viewers to take action in theaters and beyond. We now encourage everyone to screen the film with friends, helping to widen the circle of awareness about the origin and extent of the crisis in the Niger Delta.

JINN & Sweet Crude: Partners in Peace

jinn — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:44:21 +0000

Justice in Nigeria Now is excited to announce a new partnership with Sweet Crude, an acclaimed documentary that captures the realities of the Niger Delta. Directing attention to a region devastated by oil, Sweet Crude movingly portrays the strength, beauty, and resilience of communities in the Niger Delta while unpacking myths about the region, particularly by exposing actual distortions in reporting by international media. JINN joins Sweet Crude as the official activist partner of the film team, enabling engaged viewers to take action in theaters and beyond.

At the screenings, viewers will find JINN ready to provide them with ways to call for much-needed constructive action and attention to the Niger Delta. Examples include urging Secretary of State Clinton to support international mediation and peace talks in the Niger Delta, and asking senators to support legislation requiring transparency in oil companies’ payments to foreign governments.

JINN and Sweet Crude’s common goals of respect for human rights and environmental justice, along with our common objectives of peace talks and corporate accountability in the Niger Delta, make us—alongside our friends on the ground in Nigeria—natural partners in working toward a peaceful resolution to decades of injustice in the Niger Delta.

Check back here to find out when and where you can Sweet Crude in the coming months.

[Photo Credit: Kendra E. Thornbury for Sweet Crude]

Sweet Crude is Playing LA through Aug 6

jinn — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:26:15 +0000

We at JINN hope you have heard about Sweet Crude, the incredible film about the Niger Delta by Sandy Cioffi. The film was recently accepted into the prestigious International Documentary Association’s 2009 DocuWeeks™ theatrical showcase which opens tonight in LA at the Archlight Hollywood Theate r in LA. This program was created to provide week-long theatrical runs in LA and NY, which are required to qualify for Oscar nomination! If you live in either city – go see the film and spread the word! You can become a fan of their page on Facebook for updated information.

View the trailer:

Sweet Crude is the story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta – the human and environmental consequences of 50 years of oil extraction, the history of non-violent protest, and the members of a new insurgency who, in the three years since the filmmakers met them as college students, became the young men of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).

Check out the film’s web site: www.sweetcrudemovie.com

Date and Times at the ArcLight Hollywood Theater in LA:

More info and tickets
Screening schedule:

Fri 7/31 5:15 PM & 9:30 PM; Sat 8/1 3:40 PM & 7:15 PM; Sun 8/2 3:15 PM & 9:15 PM; Mon 8/3 3:15 PM & 9:35 PM; Tue 8/4 2:00 PM & 5:40 PM; Wed 8/5 5:15 PM & 9:30 PM; Thu 8/6 3:40 PM & 7:15 PM

NYC Dates:

More info and tickets
Screening schedule:

Fri 8/14 3:30 PM & 9:50 PM; Sat 8/15 12:00 PM & 5:15 PM; Sun 8/16 1:30 PM & 7:15 PM; Mon 8/17 3:30 PM & 9:50 PM; Tue 8/18 12:00 PM & 5:15 PM; Wed 8/19 1:30 PM & 7:15 PM; Thu 8/20 1:30 PM & 7:15 PM

Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi Speaks about MEND

jinn — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:50:01 +0000

There is much controversy around the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in Nigeria. Watch and listen to the perspective of filmmaker Sandy Cioffi from her interview on Democracy Now in May of this year. Sandy is another filmmaker who was detained by the Nigerian police earlier this year.

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