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Sarah’s Oil is inspired by the remarkable true story of Sarah Rector, an African American girl 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.
Cast
- Zachary Levi
- Naya Desir-Johnson
- Sonequa Martin-Green
- Garret Dillahunt
- Mel Rodriguez
- Kenric Green
- Bridget Regan
- Adyan Copes
- Stelio Savante
- Selase Botchway
Moviegoers are saying
Sarah's Oil divides audiences between its inspiring true story of America's first Black child millionaire and its Hallmark-channel production values, with many praising Naya Desir-Johnson's breakout performance while criticizing Zachary Levi's white-savior-complex character. Despite technical shortcomings including visible modern skyscrapers in period scenes, the film maintains engagement through its uplifting narrative about overcoming racial oppression during the Oklahoma oil rush.
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- Nov 17, 2025
An inspiring tale, artlessly told. The story here overlaps a lot with the story of Killers of the Flower Moon, as both movies focus on white oppression of minority landowners’ mineral rights during the Oklahoma oil rush of the early 1900s, giving particular attention to…
Adam ForrestNov 6, 2025Zachary Levi's token black movie. "I might be MAGA but I'm not racist! I was in Sarah's Oil!" Tedious, tangential racial prejudice period piece old white geezers can't get enough of. Bring your grandpa! He'll love it.
John CNov 29, 2025I like Zachary Levi, but he deserves a Razzie nomination for whatever the hell he was doing here. In fairness no one in the cast seems to be trying all that hard. Very much felt like a straight to streaming, Hallmark, Family channel movie that somehow found its way into…
Joel R. - Nov 10, 2025
You know for a religious film, this one is decent. Recommend to not watch the trailer to this because it gives away the whole final 15 mins. Which was disappointing they gave away the final emotional climax of this in the marketing. But very interesting true story, it’s…
🏳️⚧️💕Belle Forger💕🏳️⚧️Nov 11, 2025With the way this was going I thought Ryan Reynolds was gonna pop out and say, "Hi, I'm a white saviour"
jerjbarNov 9, 2025Adorable 😊 Naya Desir-Johnson is a force to be reckoned with. And, Levi was quite good himself. Enough with this happy movie stuff though, time for TennesseeJoe to get back to the wierd and depressing.
TennesseeJoe - Nov 8, 2025
Gestapo agent movie type beat. Don’t touch this film.
NataAguilarNov 21, 2025i’m not convinced this movie came out in 2025, feels more like i was forced to watch it in middle school history class while answering stupid questions and learning nothing throughout. my mom said it was either this or Wicked but i’m still glad we saw this.
whitbey 🐈⬛Nov 16, 2025Make this about 20 minutes shorter and you actually have a solid movie here. If I’m in the right mood I honestly love period pieces. This one had a lil charm to it. Nothing crazy. But it was there enough for me to be interested. I couldn’t tell if I loved or hated…
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- Kelsey Blankenship lovedSarah's Oil
Very wholesome and a great story from our history. Would definitely watch again!
Sherilee Nimon lovedSarah's OilA heartwarming true story of a young girl with a lot of spirit and a big dream.
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Such a good movie!! 🤎
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