Black Sea Files

Black Sea Files is a territorial research on the Caspian oil geography the worlds oldest oil extraction zone A giant new subterranean pipeline traversing the Caucasus will soon pump Caspian Crude to the West The line connecting the resource fringe with the terminal of the global hightech oil circulation system runs through the video like a central thread However the trajectory followed by the narrative is by no means a linear one Circumventing the main players in the region the video sheds light on a multitude of secondary sceneries Oil workers farmers refugees and prostitutes who live along the pipeline come into profile and contribute to a wider human geography that displaces the singular and powerful signifying practices of oil corporations and oil politicians