Black Gold under Notecka Forest
Zwart goud onder het Noteckawoud
Under Notecka Forest Poland's biggest oilfield is discovered. The poor inhabitants of the forest don't seem to care much; neither the idea that the oil could make them rich, nor the idea that exploitation of the field might damage their most important source of in come: the forest it self.
Almost 2 years ago Poland's biggest oilfield was discovered under the Notecka Forest in poverty - stricken Western Poland, where 'history has started in 1945', after the Germans fled this former German province. But the mostly very poor in habitants of the forest don't seem to care much about the oil under their feet. Where does their a pathetic attitude come from? The pivotal point of this nowhere - land is formed by Andre J. Herunsabar in the former German / Polish border post, and regards life in his own, philosophical way. Through portraying him, his clientele and other inhabitants of Notecka Forest we start to understand their survival methods, while unravelling the story of the exploration of the oilfield.
'Black Gold under Notecka Forest' has been shot by a small, efficient crew of Polish origin, to be able to come close to the up sand downs, the pleasures and set backs, the preconceptions and experiences of daily life of Notecka's people. It is their trust in the team that has helped us to approach the subject from a 'humane' point of view. The same method was used to make 'Putin's Mama', in Georgia (2003).
