Bernard Alexander Jeta Amata Ori Ayonmike Marc Byers Wilson Ebiye Hakeem Kae-Kazim Dede Mabiaku
Starring
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Mickey Rourke
Kim Basinger
Fred Amata
Sarah Wayne Callies
Vivica Fox
Nse Ikpe Etim
Anne Heche
OC Ukeje
Persia White
Akon
Wyclef Jean
Mbong Amata
Enyinna Nwigwe
Narrated by
Kara Noble
Cinematography
James Michael Costello Tommy Maddox-Upshaw
Edited by
Debbie Berman Lindsay Kent Adam Varney
Music by
Joel Goffin
Production company
Wells & Jeta Entertainment
Distributed by
eOne Entertainment (United States)
Release dates
8 May 2012 (2012-05-08) (Washington, D.C. premiere)
21 December 2012 (2012-12-21) (Nigeria)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
Nigeria United States
Language
English
Budget
₦2 billion (shared with Black Gold)[1] (US$12.5 million)
Black November: Struggle for the Niger Delta is a 2012
Nigerian-American action drama film starring an ensemble cast that includes Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Fred Amata, Sarah Wayne Callies, Nse Ikpe Etim, OC Ukeje, Vivica Fox, Anne Heche, Persia White, Akon, Wyclef Jean and Mbong Amata.[2][3] It is directed and co-produced by Jeta Amata, and narrates the story of a Niger Delta community's struggle against their government and a multi-national oil corporation to save their environment which is being destroyed by excessive oil drilling.[4]
Black November, which derived its title from the month in which activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed in 1995,[5] is a reissued version of the 2011 film Black Gold. Approximately 60% of the scenes were reshot and additional scenes were added to make the film "more current".[6]Black November is produced by Bernard Alexander, Ori Ayonmike, Marc Byers, Wilson Ebiye, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Dede Mabiaku; production and marketing costs of the film totalled at US$22 million,[7] and was majorly funded by a Nigerian oil baron.[7]
The film, which is fiction based on actual events, premiered at the Kennedy Center on 8 May 2012, and was also screened on 26 September 2012, during the United Nations General Assembly; it was met with mixed to negative critical reviews. It, however, had significant impact after release; Amata and the film's associate producer, Lorenzo Omo-Aligbe, were invited to the White House regarding the film; Congressman Bobby Rush and his Republican colleague Jeff Fortenberry were also so affected by the film that they sponsored a joint resolution aimed at pressuring the Nigerian government and Western oil companies to clean up spills in the Niger Delta.[7][8][9]
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