Black Gold Boom
Localore project Black Gold Boom gets funding for 2014 documentary, transmedia work
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The grant will fund a film focusing mainly on the oil boom’s effects on Native tribes.
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The grant will fund a film focusing mainly on the oil boom’s effects on Native tribes.
From roughnecks to singing cowboys and itinerant knife dealers, North Dakota’s oil boom has lured thousands to remote areas of the state to find their fortunes, and in the process became a fertile source of stories for an immersive yearlong multimedia reporting project.