Tarila Thompson’s expository movie, ‘In the Creek’ has been adjudged as one of Africa’s biggest exports in the movie industry. The adevnture-themed flick is as real and self-explanatory as the story itself, told genuinely by those affected. The movie was set on the backdrop of the pain, neglect, sufferings, marginalisation, and exploitation of the Niger Delta people and lands from which Nigeria derives over 80% of her national wealth.
It is a revealing story of how so much is taken from a people and how so little is done for and to them. It is a story that shows the premium that is placed on crude oil as against the lives of people who have over the years, gone about their businesses not knowing what magnitude of resources they sat on; as they never depended on it. But like rational human beings that they are, the movie is a compelling story of how these people rose to fight for their rights, their lives, and their source of livelihood.
It is simply the movie that tells you about the struggle of and what really happened in the creeks. The movie which depicts battle scenes, is dramatised with actual battlefield equipment in communities in the Niger-Delta, Johannesburg, and London. The movie boasts of the best of acts and production crew from Africa, America, and Europe.
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The synopsis of the movie ‘In the Creek’ tells the story of an average Niger Deltan community. With their land and waters, devastated by unregulated oil exploration in the oil-rich Niger-Delta region of Nigeria, pocket-sized agitation by the local youths is met with a robust assault by the military authorities. As things threaten to escalate, the community seeks the help of a local school teacher, Diongoli. A man whose philosophy brings a whole new dimension to the struggle.
Some of the characters include: Van Vicker, Beverly Naya, Funto Diseye Thompson, Ema Ayalogu, Chinonso Arubayi, Tarila Thompson, Omotola Jalade-Ekehinde, Paul Obazele, Segun Arinze.
In The Creek has been described as one of the most ambitious African productions thus far. Shot in Nigeria and South Africa with an over 550-strong multinational cast and crew, In The Creek also stars real-life Niger Delta militants to give a vibrant authenticity and gritty realism to the production.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK