Big Men (2014)

Big Men (2014)

Executive produced by Brad Pitt, Big Men follows what happens when a Texas oil firm makes an enormous discovery off West Africa’s coast. Gaining unprecedented access to reveal big business in oil, it took six years to make and takes viewers around the world, from inside Wall Street boardrooms to the jungle camp of a Nigerian militant group. Director Rachel Boynton has an incredible ability to go behind closed doors; her access is critical when Kosmos Energy makes its enormous discovery. Christened the Jubilee Field, this massive undersea deposit had the potential to return a staggering $2.2 billion to investors. Big Men is a story told from the inside, as it happens, not reconstructed once the dust settles. Called “a real-life Chinatown or There Will Be Blood” by Variety critic Scott Foundas, this extraordinary film poses fundamental questions about what motivates us all: Is unbridled greed an intrinsic part of human nature? And can what unites us ever be greater than what divides us?

Genre: Documentary

Director: Rachel Boynton

Producer: Rachel Boynton

Writer: Rachel Boynton

Cast: James C. Musselman, Bryan Maxted, Jeffery Harris, Warburg Pincus, George Owusu, Bill Hayes, Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei, Kyeretwie Opoku, John Agyekum Kufuor, John Atta Mills, Betty Mould – Iddrisu, Emi Tiemo, Ezekiel Akpesibewie, Patrick Naagbanton, Anyakwee Nsirimovu