August, 2025 | Hybrid-documentary series | produced by joadre

Custodians OF The Red Gold

Custodians of the Red Gold is a 12-part hybrid-documentary series that blends vivid AI-aided re-enactments, historical analysis, and poetic narration to reveal the untold story of the Benin Empire—a sacred African kingdom whose prized palm oil, known as "red gold," powered the engines of Europe's industrial revolution. From divine kings and warrior queens to colonial agents and corporate monopolies, each episode traces the global consequences of a cultural war fought through trade, diplomacy, and betrayal. As sacred rituals collide with treaties signed in European drawing rooms, the series uncovers a haunting legacy: the looting of the Benin Bronzes, the rewriting of African histories, and a quiet resistance still echoing through time.

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