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At the delta of Niger river in Nigeria, where a vast proportion of the planet's oil is excavated, bombs attacks, abductions and murders form part of daily routine. This documentary portrays the image of "development", the way giant multinational petroleum companies would define it. Petroleum leaks in the river destroy flora and fauna, poison the food chain and consequently wipe out the 27 million indigenous people of the area – the Ijaws, the Ogoni and the Itsekiris. The inhabitants dare to ask the self-evident, they demand an end to it. As a response, they are massively and brutally attacked by special forces of the army and the police, which are armed by the oil companies. The camera meets at the river militia of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) and presents to the world for the first time shattering images of their speed boat patrols and of their heavy weaponry. The Delta of the Niger is a lost paradise. As the documentary reveals, it is a place where despite the natural beauty, contemporary "globalized" hell prevails.

Greece - 2006 - 1 h 05 mn - DV Cam - Colour

Director Yorgos Avgeropoulos Writer Yorgos Avgeropoulos Camera Yiannis Avgeropoulos Sound Yiannis Avgeropoulos, Anastasia Skoubri Editing Dimitris Nikolopoulos Music Yiannis Paxevanis

Production Small Planet Productions, 55, Pytheou str., Neos Kosmos, 11743 Athènes, Grèce Tél : +30 210 9515 295 Fax : +30 210 9515 295 E-mail : info@smallplanet.gr Co-production ERT

Sales Small Planet Productions, 55, Pytheou str., Neos Kosmos, 11743 Athènes, Grèce Tél : +30 210 9515 295 Fax : +30 210 9515 295 E-mail : info@smallplanet.gr