Oloibiri

Oloibiri

Revenge Has Come

2015 · 106 min · ★ 5.0 · Thriller, Action, Adventure

This action thriller narrates the tale of Gunpowder and Timipre, two natives of Oloibiri, the town where oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in Nigeria. Gunpowder engages in violent struggle in protest to the squalid living conditions in his community despite their oil wealth; accusing Timipre’s generation of doing nothing whilst their land was exploited and plundered.

Directed by Curtis Graham · Written by Samantha Iwowo

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