Project Detail

Burning from the Inside

Synopsis

This feature documentary is an interview with several members of a Nigerian tribe called Ijaw, of which several million are living in the oil-rich region of the Niger Delta.

Nigeria is the world's sixth largest exporter of crude oil, holds the fourth largest reserve of oil and gas and is an important supplier of oil to the US. Since the British left Nigeria in the 1960s the country has been in a state of semi-civil war, wracked by religious conflicts, and its natural resources looted by western companies, as a result of which millions of people have died.

The people interviewed in this film have all suffered horrendous violence in their struggle for independence. Some have been on death row, some raped, some kidnapped and even tortured. Off camera they are quite willing to talk but on camera they were too scared because of possible repercussions. Their story still transpires throughout these portraits.
The project started in January 2000 and by September 2004, during which time the media had changed their general mood be describing the situation of 'gangs, local tribes and the oil companies in conflict' as 'armed militants and guerrillas against the government in a war zone'.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of film: Features
Running time: 100 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Nick Peterson
Producer: Christine Peterson, Laurent Mercier
Editor: Thomas Black, Nick Peterson
Screenwriter: Nick Peterson
Director of Photography: Nick Peterson
Sound: Mike Militello
Composer: Virtual Alien
Principal cast: Over 20 members of the Ijaw tribe of Nigeria, Ibiba Don Pedro, Oronto Douglas, Rowland Ekperi
Narrator: Mark Joseph

Genre

Black

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mnemonics Pictures (US)

EdgeImageBank Pictures (UK)
Norwood Pictures (UK)
Global Films (UK)

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Sales Company

GEM Entertainment, New York

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They are the workers running your country. They have a conversation but it's unclear if they understand each other or if the problems have been solved. When the music ends, they are still trying to talk desperately to each other. There is no need to have the audio: bad communication has the same effect as being deaf and mute.

Comedy

Between Time and Space

Director: Nick Peterson

Year: 2021

An experiment based on the "E.S.T." process and therapy. "E.S.T." is an experiment where someone is locked inside a room in complete obscurity for a month or longer in order to cure any ailment.

DM (This is Dark Matter)