A Seattle-based filmmaker who was detained in Nigeria in April while shooting a documentary about the oil industry's impact on the people of the Niger Delta will be among those participating in an interactive forum Monday, "Lives and Truth at Stake in the Niger Delta."

The P-I wrote several articles about the filmmakers' plight, including what they said upon their return, but this forum will plunge deeper into the story.

In April, director Sandy Cioffi, producer Tammi Sims, and photojournalists Sean Porter and Cliff Worsham were detained on April 12 by Nigerian government officials. They were on one of several trips they've made to the country over the past two years to work on their documentary, "Sweet Crude." The two were released after a week, but only after intervention by Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, D-Wash., and other government officials.

Now Cioffi will appear on a panel with an International Human Rights attorney, a Nigerian journalist and others to discuss the devastation caused by oil extraction on the Niger Delta and its inhabitants. They also talk about the increasingly risky business of being a journalist trying to document such stories.

Tickets are $10 at the door ($5 for students) or available through BrownPaperTickets.

The panel is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Kane Hall 130, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Panelists are:
Katrina Anderson -- Human Rights Attorney
Joel Bisina Nigerian -- American Founding Director, Niger Delta Professionals for Development
Sandy Cioffi -- Filmmaker, Sweet Crude
Sowore Omoyele -- Nigerian journalist, Sahara Reporters
Tom Rhodes -- African Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists
Moderated by Marcie Sillman, Sr. Reporter KUOW