Sarah's Oil
8.3/10
Rating
103 min
Runtime
2025
Release Year
Cyrus Nowrasteh
Director
Cast
Naya Desir-Johnson, Sonequa Martin-Green, Zachary Levi, Garret Dillahunt, Bridget Regan
Quick Synopsis
Sarah Rector, a young Black girl living in early 1900s Oklahoma Indian Territory, discovers that the seemingly barren land she has been given contains valuable oil deposits. When oil companies and speculators try to take control of her property, Sarah relies on the support of her family, friends, and some Texas oil prospectors to protect her rights. Through their efforts, she manages to keep ownership of the oil-rich land and becomes one of the first Black female millionaires in the United States at just eleven years old.
Detailed Synopsis of Sarah's Oil
Sarah Rector, a Black girl born in early 20th-century Oklahoma Indian Territory, believes there is oil beneath the barren land she’s allotted, and her faith proves right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to family, friends, and some Texas wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich land, eventually becoming among the nation's first Black female millionaires—at eleven years old.
