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Sweet Crude Trash-Out
documentar
94 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA/Nigeria ■ In Competition 6 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA ■ In Competition
Friday 3:20p
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Saturday 9:20p
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Sunday 9:50a Thursday 6:20p
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Friday 12:20p
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Saturday 3:20p
Director: Sandy Cioffi ■ Producers: Sandy Cioffi, Tammi Sims, Kate Wolf, Leslye Wood ■
Plays with: Garbage Dreams (p25)
Executive Producers: Jody Hall, Elizabeth Rudolf, Menno van Wyk ■ Screenwriters: Jill
Freidberg, Sandy Cioffi, Leslye Wood ■ Cinematographer: Sean Porter ■ Editor: Jill Freidberg
Director/Producer/Executive Producer/Cinematographer/Editor: Maria Fortiz-Morse
■ Music/Composer: Julie Wolf ■ Principal Cast: Joel Bisina, Sandy Cioffi, Fanty, Kestin, Timi
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sweetcrudemovie.com
On the frontline of an American tragedy, the experience of work- ies
In a small corner of Nigeria, billions of dollars of crude oil flow
ers as they “trash-out” the remains of a foreclosed family home
under the feet of a desperate people. Immense wealth and abject
is artistically documented.
poverty stand in stark contrast. The environment is decimated.
By late 2005, the people had had enough. A new armed resist-
Maria Fortiz-Morse
ance, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) Student: Stanford University
emerged. They began kidnapping oil workers to bring interna-
tional attention to the crisis and in the years since, the region Director’s Statement
has become increasingly unstable. Yet they have repeatedly
stated their desire to negotiate.
I wanted to reveal a poignant part of the
foreclosure process that is not often seen.
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In this moment, there is an opportunity to tip the scales toward Who are the “trash-out” contractors, and
peace. There is an opportunity for the international community what is their experience as they work through dozens of fore-
to do something about the humanitarian, environmental and eco- closed homes each month? As a documentary filmmaker my goal
nomic devastation in the wake of 50 years of oil extraction. is to communicate the essential humanity of my subjects through
Broader issues of oil politics, mass media agendas and the role the use of intimate observational camerawork. My experience
of independent journalists in getting the truth out add to this growing-up in a multiracial family has inspired me to document
story of survival, corruption, greed and resistance. [subtitles] stories that can bridge cultural differences and compel viewers
to become invested in social change.
Sandy Cioffi
Filmography: Come Away Sweetly, Syndirella and the Lipstick Conspiracy
Director’s Statement
I had been asked to travel to Nigeria with an
American nonprofit organization to video-
tape a “citizen diplomacy” trip in a small
Niger Delta village. I had come to film the
building of a library in a small African vil-
lage. But I had unwittingly arrived at the
headquarters of armed resistance militancy in the Niger Delta—
at the exact moment in time the militants were about to embark
on a campaign of kidnapping oil workers to get media attention
for their struggle.
I returned home and the more I thought about it, the more
stunned I was: How could this story not make the front page of
every international newspaper? I knew that in this pregnant mo-
ment, the low level intensity struggle could either break into war
or could veer toward the best case scenario—real peace talks.
And I knew I had met the key players. I knew I had to make a
documentary and make it immediately. I packed my bags again.
Filmography: Crocodile Tears, Just Us, Terminal 187
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