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Maids of Petroleum

Hans Baumann

USA | 2026 | 16 | Documentary
Synopsis
Every five years, the community of Taft, California crowns its Maids of Petroleum. The film follows teenage contestants as they rehearse and perform, from a Friday-night football game to the final parade. With oil rigs pumping at the edges of the celebration, they carry forward a civic mythology built around the resource beneath them. Filmed entirely in the present, the film asks: what does it mean to wear the inheritance of a place defined by extraction?
Technical specifications
Hans Baumann
Nellie Kluz
Alex Tyson
Chris Howland, Emile Klein
Matthew JX Doyle, Hans Baumann
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19.00 Seasson 4 [96’]

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