Sarah's Oil (2025)
December 25, 2025Release Date
Plot.
The true story of Sarah Rector, an African American born in Oklahoma Indian Territory in the early 1900s, who believes there is oil beneath the barren land she's allotted and whose faith is proven right. As greedy oil sharks close in, Sarah turns to her family, friends and some Texas wildcatters to maintain control of her oil-rich land, eventually becoming one of the nation's first female African American millionaires β at 11 years old.
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Cast & Crew.

Zachary Levi
Bert Smith / Producer

Naya Desir-Johnson

Sonequa Martin-Green

Garret Dillahunt

Bridget Regan
Kate Barnard

Kenric Green

Adyan Copes

Stelio Savante

Tom Ohmer
Judge Leahy

Mel Rodriguez
Mace

Robert Peters
Bureaucrat

Darryl Cox
TJ Porter

Jonathan Lipnicki
Chemist

Marco Fuller
Jimsye

Kevin Downes
Dallas Blake / Producer

Malea Mitchell
Gabby

Tonya Bolden
Book

Cyrus Nowrasteh
Director / Screenplay / Producer

Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh
Screenplay

John Shepherd
Producer

Kathryn Bostic
Composer

Jill Anthony Thomas
CastingDirector

Derrick Williams
Producer

Andrew Erwin
Producer

Daryl C. Lefever
Producer

Jon Erwin
Producer

Russell Wilson
Executive Producer

Ciara
Executive Producer

Sherry Kang
Executive Producer

Tony Young
Executive Producer

Katelyn Botsch
Executive Producer

Scott Fort
Executive Producer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
based on novel or book
based on a true story
oil
Wiki.
Sarah's Oil is an upcoming American biographical drama film regarding Sarah Rector, being directed, co-produced, and co-written by Cyrus Nowrasteh. It is based on the 2014 book Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America by Tonya Bolden. It stars Zachary Levi, Naya Desir-Johnson, Sonequa Martin-Green, Garret Dillahunt, Bridget Regan, Kenric Green, Adyan Copes, Stelio Savante, and Mel Rodriguez.