Nollywood Meets Hollywood In "Black Gold"

  Hollywood stars teamed up with Nollywood to produce one of the most highly anticipated films of the year...Black Gold. The movie features world acclaimed Hollywood stars like Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan, Black Hawk Down, Heat), Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day, Kill Bill), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, The Expendables and he is also Julia Robert's brother), Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Donnie Brasco, Kill Bill), Billy Zane (Titanic), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), Hakeem Kae-Kazim (Pirates of the Caribbean, Hotel Rwanda), Razaaq Adoti (Black Hawk Down, Resident Evil: Apocalypse).
        The movie is a powerful story of greed, murder and corruption in the murky waters of

Watch the movie trailer after the jump
the volatile oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Black Gold is an epic film about environmental justice and the fight over the control of the scarce oil resources that the world runs on. The line between good and evil is blurred as corrupt government officials, greedy oil companies and violent rebels go on a war path over oil spills and degradation of the land, caused by oil exploration.
        The movie’s executive producers are Walter Wagbatsoma and Suzanne Delaurentiis. “Black Gold – Struggle for the Niger Delta” was written and directed by acclaimed African filmmaker Jeta Amata and produced by Ori Ayonmike and Wilson Ebiye. Plans are in motion for the movie to premiere in Lagos and Abuja during the first quarter of 2011. Black Gold will be released in movie theaters across Africa and in select cinemas worldwide.
 A world wide publicity campaign has already begun with the movie being features on CNN.