Baku, Azerbaijan, one of the world's largest natural oil reserves, has become the target of foreign investors intent on exploiting the area's underground riches. Zdroj begins a journey on Western highways that ends in the surreal, sinister landscape of an area on which Western high standards of living depend: places where cows graze on contaminated pastures and children play among heaps of toxic waste. With three fourths of its population living under the poverty line, the post-communist government has promised its people that Azerbaijan, thanks to oil, will become a second Kuwait. But while major oil companies like British Petroleum and a corrupt government make business deals, what is the common citizen's situation like? Is black gold a blessing for a country struggling with social and economic problems?<%YOUTUBE=GL10yh8YDZs%>
