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Uhta! The last part of the night

In the darkest moment before dawn comes a time called Uhta when night, as black as oil, rules the world. Corporations. Oil. Dictators. A Poet. A Nun. Activists. When all these things come together, someone’s going to die. And it’s usually not the dictators.

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A man stands in his prison cell in the darkest moment before dawn, a time in Old English called Uhta, when night, as black as oil, rules the world. A man stands in his prison cell and thinks of all those woven into the thread of his life: Corporations. Oil. Dictators. His brother. An Irish nun. A man stands in his prison cell and knows his fate is sealed. On a night such as that, a man can only dance with time itself. Based on the true story of Sister Majella McCarron and the Ogoni Nine.