Storyville
Season 17 Episode 15 - Power, Money, Greed & Oil
An epic venture into capitalism at the beginning of the 21st century. Made over five years, this documentary is a comprehensive insider account of a modern-day gold rush as Dallas-based Kosmos Energy race ahead to develop the first commercial oil field in Ghana's history, in the deep waters of the Gulf of Guinea. Director Rachel Boynton follows the larger-than-life cast as Kosmos, the Ghanaian government and numerous other stakeholders jostle to realise their huge ambitions. While in Ghana she makes side trips to nearby Nigeria, whose own oil reserves have been responsible for a vicious cycle of exploitation with little appreciable benefit to the country itself. The film poses vital questions about what fundamentally motivates mankind - is unchecked greed an intrinsic part of the human character? Can what unites us ever be greater than what divides us?
Episodes in Season 17
The House I Live In
85 min
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song
85 min
Queen of Versailles
85 min
Death on the Staircase: The Last Chance
85 min
Expedition to the End of the World
85 min
Google and the World Brain
85 min
The Pirate Bay
85 min
How Hackers Changed the World: We Are Legion
85 min
I Will Be Murdered
85 min
Surviving the Tsunami: My Atomic Aunt
85 min
The Road, a Story of Life and Death
85 min
Buck: The Real Horse Whisperer
85 min
Silence in the House of God: Mea Maxima Culpa
85 min
The Law in These Parts
85 min
Power, Money, Greed & Oil
85 min
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
85 min
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
85 min
Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer
85 min
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
85 min
The Disappeared
85 min
Hotel Folly - Folie a Deux
85 min
The Spy Who Went into the Cold: Kim Philby, Soviet Super Spy
85 min
Blackfish - The Whale that Killed
85 min
Fame in China
85 min
