"Big Men": Finding Oil off of Ghana

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 7, 2014

Director Rachel Boynton talks about her documentary “Big Men,” which follows what happens when a Texas oil exploration firm makes an enormous discovery off the coast of Ghana. Called the Jubilee Field, the deposit discovered off of Ghana had the potential to return a staggering $2.2 billion to investors. “Big Men” opens March  14 at the IFC Center.

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