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Black
Gold under Notecka Forest (2005)
Written & directed by Ineke Smits
58' documentary / DigiBeta / Polish spoken / English subtitles
Written & directed by Ineke Smits
58' documentary / DigiBeta / Polish spoken / English subtitles
Silver
Wolf competition, IDFA 2005
"Special mention of the jury Zagreb Dox"
"Special mention of the jury Zagreb Dox"
Under
Notecka Forest Poland's biggest oil field is discovered. The poor inhabitants
of the forest don't seem to care much; neither the idea that the oil could
make them rich, nor the idea that exploitation of the field might damage their
most important source of income: the forest itself.
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PREMIERE AT IDFA 2005, SILVER WOLF COMPETITION -
Almost
2 years ago Poland's biggest oil field was discovered under the Notecka Forest
in poverty-stricken Western Poland, where 'history has started in 1945', after
the Germans fled this former German province. But the mostly very poor inhabitants
of the forest don't seem to care much about the oil under their feet. Where
does their apathetic attitude come from?
The pivotal point of this nowhere-land is formed by Andrzej.
He runs a bar in the former German/Polish border post, and regards life in his own, philosophical way. Through portraying him, his clientele and other inhabitants of Notecka Forest we start to understand their survival methods, while unraveling the story of the exploration of the oilfield.
The pivotal point of this nowhere-land is formed by Andrzej.
He runs a bar in the former German/Polish border post, and regards life in his own, philosophical way. Through portraying him, his clientele and other inhabitants of Notecka Forest we start to understand their survival methods, while unraveling the story of the exploration of the oilfield.
'Black
Gold under Notecka Forest' has been shot by a small, efficient crew
of Polish origin, to be able to come close to the ups and downs, the pleasures
and setbacks, the preconceptions and experiences of daily life of Notecka's
people. It is their trust in the team that has helped us to approach the subject
from a 'humane' point of view. The same method was used to make 'Putin's Mama',
in Georgia (2003)
