Awhile back, I mentioned my mom’s trip to Nigeria with the Seattle-based organization Global Citizen Journey. Well, she’s headed back there, this time volunteering to help wrap up a documentary about the oil-rich, yet poverty-stricken region.

Sweet Crude, a documentary currently in production, will tell the story of Nigeria’s Niger Delta—a story that has never been captured on film. Here, in the most populous country in Africa, at the mouth of the Niger River, billions of dollars of crude reside under the feet of a desperate people. This is a region where vast oil revenues and abject poverty stand in stark contrast. Where families face enormous challenges amidst environmental devastation. Where the issues are vastly complicated, the answers slow in coming.

This is the story of people struggling to eat in a land with no more fish. To live with the constant threat of war. To navigate the complexities of meaningful solutions to the most serious of circumstances. To simply survive, perhaps even thrive, if non-violent political solutions can emerge in a hurry. Whether they can succeed is our concern—the stories unfolding in the Niger Delta affect us all.

Watch the trailer here.
Read more about what’s going on the Niger Delta here.
Donate to help the crew & volunteers get there here.