Producer Daryl LeFever isn't from Oklahoma, but after making four inspirational fact-based films here in less than a decade, he, in fact, feels a strong connection to the Sooner State. "Ever since the ...

Some films tiptoe so close to real life that viewers start squinting at the screen as if it owes them rent. Think Erin Brockovich turning corporate negligence into courtroom fireworks, or The Social ...

Sarah Rector’s extraordinary rise in Sarah’s Oil is the sort of tale that makes even seasoned historians sit up straighter than a schoolchild during a surprise quiz. Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, the ...

Offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico increased by 4 this week, increasing the total US offshore rig count to 21, officials at Baker Hughes reported Friday. Offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico increased ...

Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten and Jon Erwin at The House of David + Wonder App Launch Party at The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on September 30, 2025 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Jason ...

The remarkable true story of eleven year old Sarah Rector, comes alive on the big screen in 'Sarah's Oil'. Sarah, born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, believes there is oil beneath ...

Naya Desir-Johnson offers a star-making performance as a precocious Black youngster determined to strike it rich in 1913 Oklahoma. It begins in 1913, when young Sarah, thanks to her status as a ...

Just in case the violent events portrayed in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” weren’t enough to convince you that Oklahoma was a perilous place for people of color with claims to ...

Zachary Levi isn’t backing down. The "Shazam!" star said he plans to continue fighting for his beliefs — even if it means paying a professional price in Hollywood. With his new film "Sarah’s Oil" ...

Rector’s nieces, Rosina Graves, Debbie Brown, and Donna Brown Thompkins, say they grew up hearing family stories about “Aunt Sister,” but never knew how famous she really was. “We didn’t know that she ...

(RNS) — The movie depicts 11-year-old Sarah Rector’s certainty that God told her oil was underneath her land. (RNS) — A new movie about a faithful little girl, oil and Oklahoma shares seldom-heard ...