A young black girl learns that her land allotment is rich with oil in this story that aspires to teach us a lesson about white predation. Fighting to put ‘sarah’s oil’ on screen levi wanted to help share sarah’s story from the moment he heard it During a flight from austin, texas, to tulsa, oklahoma, levi tore through the script for “sarah’s oil,” which was shared with him by the film’s producer john shepherd, who wanted the actor for the role of bert. Eventually, her faith is proven right “sarah’s oil” shares the story of how rector becomes the first female african american millionaire—at 11 years old. Los angeles — amazon mgm studios, wonder project, and kingdom story company bring audiences the remarkable true story, sarah’s oil, in theaters nationwide this friday, november 7
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