Big Men

Name: Big Men
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 14, 2014
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 90

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Abramorama | Release Date: March 14, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Big Men looks at the corruption in the oil industries of Ghana and Nigeria.

Director: Rachel Boynton

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Mar 13, 2014

Dropping us into a perfect storm of avarice, this cool and incisive snapshot of global capitalism at work is as remarkable for its access as for its refusal to judge. Read full review

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Scott Foundas

Jun 13, 2013

Rachel Boynton’s extraordinary Big Men should come tagged with a warning: The side effects of global capitalism may include dizziness, nausea and seething outrage. Read full review

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Alan Scherstuhl

Mar 11, 2014

This film, a great one, demands a follow-up. Read full review

Alan Jones

Mar 8, 2014

No one corporation or person plans to trample over the wellbeing of the Ghanaian people, but as the story of the development progress, the breadth of Rachel Boynton's research shows how it will occur regardless. Read full review

Stephanie Merry

Mar 27, 2014

Boynton’s most impressive feat in Big Men is how she takes an impossibly convoluted scenario, makes sense of it and tells a story that’s riveting on its own but also serves as a parable about greed and human nature. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Mar 18, 2014

Boynton's film is refreshingly complex. Read full review

John DeFore

Jun 13, 2013

Despite its successful attempts to show how oil has affected everyday citizens in nearby Nigeria, the film remains fairly dry. Read full review

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mstaub87

Mar 15, 2023

got that the movie was quite boring from the very first minute of it, but was really hoping for better, and was finally prized at the end, so my Rating to the Film is 7

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