With a fighting spirit well beyond her years, 11-year-old Sarah Rector (Naya Desir-Johnson) clung fervently to her faith that beneath her barren land was a wealth of oil — enough to make her the richest African American woman in the U.S.

In the upcoming film, “Sarah’s Oil,” her miraculous story will be shared for the first time on screen.

Born at the turn of the century in Oklahoma, Sarah was welcomed into a world still struggling to overcome the long-term impact of slavery, facing harsh Jim Crow-era segregation and prejudice.

As a young girl, Sarah was allotted 160 acres of land, which she was eligible for as a descendent of the Native American Creek Nation. The land appears un-farmable and therefore worthless in the government’s eyes — but Sarah says she can hear “oceans” of oil benea

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