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  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary A volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel organization kidnaps an American oil executive and demands that his corporation end the destruction and pollution. In...

Directed By: Jeta Amata

Written By: Jeta Amata

  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2015
  • TV-14
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 35 m

Black November

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary A volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel organization kidnaps an American oil executive and demands that his corporation end the destruction and pollution. In...

Directed By: Jeta Amata

Written By: Jeta Amata

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50
Jan 8, 2015
There’s a go-for-broke vigor to the way Mr. Amata cuts to the conflict in most scenes, but the heavy-handedness across the board imposes some significant limitations. Mr. Amata, though, pulls no punches with his ending.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 7, 2015
Oddly, that extra star power makes Black November look cheap. It's threadbare for an action flick... The story Amata wants to tell is much simpler, and he might have been more successful sticking to his own guns and staying with his sturdy, empathetic heroine.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 6, 2015
While it is laudable that Oscar winner Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Vivica A. Fox and Anne Heche lent their support to writer-director Jeta Amata’s film, the help he really needed was from screenwriters. Clunky lines, broadly drawn characters, arch situations, from start to finish, Black November is an uphill battle against the urge to roll your eyes.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 12, 2015
There's little going on in the final product other than good intentions, as Jeta Amata always seems overreaching for the right buttons to push.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW
30
Jan 8, 2015
Despite its laudable intentions and important social message, Black November is far too ineffective to have the desired impact.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
10
Jan 8, 2015
As well-intentioned as it is thoroughly inept, Black November would be a serious contender for year-end worst lists if it weren’t so painfully noble and sincere.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wells & Jeta Entertainment
Release Date Jan 9, 2015
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline Struggle for the Niger Delta
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Awards

NAFCA Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations

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