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THE BLEEDING GROUND

By Donovan MARSH

Thriller - Pre-Production 2024

When an entitled, newly appointed president of a big oil firm is kidnapped in Nigeria's Delta by an environmental militant, he is forced to make a decision between saving his own life and destroying the company his father built.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Thriller, Action/Adventure
- Countries
- BELGIUM, UNITED KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Budget
- 5 - 10 M$
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Donovan MARSH
- Writer(s)
- Mathew BAYLISS
- Producer(s)
- Jean-Luc VAN DAMME (HAPPY MOON PRODUCTIONS), Alison ELLARD (HELLO BAXTER), David KELLY
- Synopsis
- Deep in the Niger Delta the village of Obioku stands alone in remaining untouched by the insidious oil
  industries that have spread their tentacles throughout the Delta rivers. Following the explosion of a refinery, the nearby village of K-Dere is devastated and landfills of toxic waste become unusable to Neutex Oil. Newly appointed Neutex president, entitled and arrogant James Layton has no qualms about using Obioku, previously off limits, as the new dumping ground for the waste as well as a new site for drilling.
  James lives in the shadow of his domineering and pioneering father, Sol, who, despite passing
  responsibility over to James, maintains a tight grip over the running of the company. When James’ wife is kidnapped by militants out of the Delta, favours done by his father and a Nigerian businessman to have her returned quickly force James to make decisions that place the future of the company, and himself, in danger.
  Many residents of the Delta are pushed into a dangerous life after the oil industry strips all else away.
  They have turned to theft, kidnap and murder to live. Others turn to the oil companies for work. The
  militant warriors of Obioku are led by the powerful, environmentally committed, Idoma Kwali. Unlike
  James, Idoma does not live in his late father's shadow, he embraces the legacy: to rid the delta of the
  death, disease and contamination that big oil brings. A legacy he hopes to pass on to his son, Tobi.
  When tragedy befalls Idoma and he loses Tobi at the hands of Neutex, he channels his anger and
  becomes determined to force Neutex out of his home and stop the drilling.
  Idoma uses the knowledge of what Neutex plan for Obioku as a weapon. His and James’s paths collide
  in violence and death as James is kidnapped and confronted with the reality, firsthand, of big oil’s
  destruction in the Delta. James is forced to make a decision between his life and the company his father
  built and he has inherited.
  James must confront his father while dealing with the fallout of his wife’s and his own kidnapping. The
  collision of these two worlds and these two men is violent and destructive and spreads to everyone
  close to them.
- Partners & financing
- HELLO BAXTER SOUTH-AFRICA
- Beginning of shooting
- May 06, 2024
- End of shooting
- Jun 28, 2024