Fuelling Poverty

Fuelling Poverty
Directed byIshaya Bako
Written byIshaya Bako
Based onOccupy Nigeria's protests of 2012
Produced byOliver Aleogena
StarringWole Soyinka
Femi Falana
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai
Seun Kuti
Desmond Elliot
Narrated byWole Soyinka
Music byFemi Kuti
Asa
Production
companies
The Allied Film Company
Amateur Heads Media
Release date
  • November 2012 (2012-11)[1]
Running time
28 mins
CountryNigeria

Fuelling Poverty is a 2012 Nigerian documentary by Ishaya Bako that narrates the activities of the Occupy Nigeria movement when it was at its climax in early 2012.[2] The 28 minutes video also features special appearances from Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, Seun Kuti and Desmond Elliot. It won the Best Documentary award at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Refworld | Nigeria bans film on oil corruption, warns director". Refworld.org. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ JON GAMBRELL (April 21, 2013). ""Fuelling Poverty" Documentary Censored By Nigerian Officials". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Video: Watch Ishaya Bako's Documentary Film On The Fuel Subsidy, FUELING POVERTY". Jaguda.com. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ^ ""We Have Nothing Else To Sacrifice" – Watch Ishaya Bako's Fuel Subsidy Removal Documentary "Fueling Poverty"". Bellanaija.com. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2014.