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Blood Diamond (DVD : 143 min. ) [2007]
DVD 7358
Abstract: Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.
Director: Edward Zwick Distributor:Warner Home Video
Keywords: Sierra Leone, smugglers, history, civil war, drama, feature film
Child's Century of War (A) (Videocassette : 90 min. ) [2001]
V.CASS. VHS 8466
Abstract: From the perspective of children, this documentary takes the viewer on a journey through the past century, examining the way in which modern wars have increasingly threatened and targeted children. Two orphans of the two recent Chechen wars, children growing up on a dangerous street in the West Bank, and abducted, raped, and amputated children of Sierra Leone all tell their stories. This films makes parallel connections with past and present conflicts, with an eye to the future.
Director: Shelley Saywell Distributor:First Run/Icarus Films
Keywords: Chechnya, West Bank, Sierra Leone, war, orphans, trauma
Cry Freetown, Return to Freetown (Videocassette : 134 min. ) [2005]
VHS 7205
Abstract: In Cry Freetown, Sierra Leonean filmmaker, Sorious Samura documents the civil war in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In Return to Freetown, filmmaker Sorious Samura returns to Sierra Leone and talks with three of the children who were abducted and forced to become soldiers in the civil war. Thousands were taken from their families by a ruthless rebel leader and turned into killers.
Director: Sorious Samura Distributor:Insight News Tv
Keywords: Sierra Leone, economy, civil war, youth
Daresalam (DVD : 105 min. ) [2000]
DVD7329
Abstract: Daresalam is the first African feature film to focus on the civil wars convulsing the continent from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It provides compelling insights into how ordinary people around the world get swept up in extraordinary events. Its timeless story of two childhood friends turned into political foes personalizes the terrible costs of internecine strife.
Director: Issa Serge Coelo Distributor:Kino International & California Newsreel
Keywords: Chad, civil war, friendship, history, politics, feature film
Diamond Life (The) (Videocassette : 7 min. ) [2000]
V.CASS. VHS 8973
Abstract: The Revolutionary United Front's (RUF) attack on Freetown in January of 1999 was the culmination of a decade-long and bloody struggle between the RUF and the government of Sierra Leone. The rebel forces, bolstered by the former Sierra Leonean Army, which had turned on the government, swept into the city, killing, mutilating, and raping thousands in the continuing war over the control of the country's rich diamond fields. RUF units burned houses with civilians inside, shot and raped people at random, killing an estimated 6,000 people in the span of three weeks. Since 1990, half the country's population of five million has been displaced. Today, Sierra Leone produces more refugees than any other country in Africa. The country is full of war victims, whose amputated limbs serve as living testimony to the brutality of the rebels. The Diamond Life provides a disturbing glimpse into the greed and violence that fuels the Sierra Leone region's brutal diamond war.
Director: Stephen Marshall, Josh Shore Distributor:Witness
Keywords: Sierra Leone, civil war, violence, politics, history, refugees
Diamonds of War (Video Disc/Laser Vision : 50min min. ) [2007]
DVD 8987
Abstract: In the diamond-rich West African nation of Sierra Leone, rebels used the precious gems to bankroll a violent ten-year insurrection, leaving a terrorized population and a ravaged landscape in its wake.
Director: NA Distributor:Warner Home Video
Keywords: Sierra Leone, diamonds, mining, war, violence, economy
Ezra (DVD : 105 min. ) [2007]
DVD 9460
Abstract: Tells the story of Ezra, a young boy kidnapped and forced to become a soldier with a rebel faction in the Sierra Leone civil war. Ten years later, he is before a truth and reconciliation commission and made to revisit and understand his crimes so as to begin the process of psychological healing.
Director: Carlos Arango de Montis Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Sierra Leone, wara, children, reconciliation, psychology
Family Across the Sea (Videocassette : 58 min. ) [1990]
V. CASS. VHS 1620
Abstract: A delegation of Gullah people travels from the United States to Sierra Leone to trace the roots of their heritage. Production of South Carolina ETV.
Director: Domino Boulware Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Gullah, African diaspora
Going Home (Videocassette : 31 min. ) [1999]
V.CASS. VHS 8931
Abstract: Mohammed is 10 years old, but for most of 1997 he was forced to act as a young fighter with rebel forces in the forests of Sierra Leone. His duties included carrying heavy equipment, acting as a personal servant to other soldiers, and torturing and disciplining any of the other child soldiers who stepped out of line. Eventually he escaped to Guinea, where he is one of thousands lining up to register at the Gueckedou refugee camp. In 1997 Guinea was host to an estimated 430,000 refugees: 190,000 Sierra Leoneans, and 240,000 Liberians who had escaped the eight-year civil wars there. This film evaluates the success of the Guinean government and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in protecting the rights pledged this huge African refugee population under the OAU Convention.
Director: Emily Marlow Distributor:Bullfrog Films
Keywords: Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Sierra Leone, civil war, violence, youth, refugees, UN
In Their Own Voices (DVD : 16 min. ) [2004]
DVD 3719
Abstract: Interwoven stories of four Africans in Philadelphia who find in the African continent the inspiration for their art. Features a Liberian drum maker, a Sierra Leonean singer, a Nigerian visual artist and a Guinean artisan.
Director: Filmon Mebrahtu Distributor:Reel Voices
Keywords: United States, diaspora, African immigrants, art, music
Language You Cry In (The) (Videocassette : 53 min. ) [1999]
V. CASS. VHS 4624
Abstract: The film tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African last through the horrors of the middle passage, slavery and segregation. The film dramatically demonstrates the contribution of contemporary scholarship to restoring what narrator Vertamae Grosvenor calls the 'non-history imposed on African Americans.' This is a story of memory and how the memory of a family was pieced together through a song with legendary powers to connect those who sang it with their roots.
Director: Alvaro Toepke, Angel Serrano Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Gullah, African diaspora, music.
Mende, The (Videocassette : 51 min. ) [1990]
VHS 9212
Abstract: This village portrait of some 260 Mende people who live in the forest of Sierra Leone shows successful and unlucky citizens, clowns and gossips, happy and divided households. The Mende recognize the presence of a supernatural world that affects farming, fishing, and all other aspects of their daily routine. From the Disappearing World Series, made with anthropologist Marianne Ferme. English subtitles are used when local dialects are spoken.
Director: Bruce MacDonald Distributor:Penn State Media Sales
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Mende, anthropology, ethnography, rural life
Operation Fine Girl: Rape used as a Weapon of War in Sierra Leone (Videocassette : 46 min. ) [2001]
VHS 9207
Abstract: Operation Fine Girl documents the brutal use of rape as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone. The story is told through the eyes the survivors - women and girls, as well as the child soldiers and perpetrators.
Director: Lilibet Foster Distributor:Witness
Keywords: Sierra Leone, civil war, sexual violence, rape, women, children
Our Developing World: Studies in Regional Political Geography (Videocassette : 241 min. ) [1996]
IN-PROCESS
Abstract: Each video of this series presents the political geography of a certain region. Topics frequently reviewed for each region are economic development, education, politics, cultural geography, and other subject areas. Produced by the Information Department of the United Nations Developmental Programme with the support of UNICEF and PROWESS. Ten videocassettes (volumes five through seven concern African nations): (v. 1) Central America: Costa Rica; (v. 2) Central America: Cuba; (v. 3) South America: Brazil; (v. 4) South America: Paraguay; (v. 5) Africa: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt; (v. 6) Africa: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya; (v. 7) Africa: Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho; (v. 8) Asia: Mongolia, China, Nepal; (v. 9) Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam; (v. 10) South Pacific/Oceania: The Philippines, Kiribati.
Director: Josy Dubie Distributor:Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Keywords: Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil, Paraguay, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho, Mongolia, China, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Oceania, the Philippines, Kiribati, politics, history, economics
Our Developing World: Studies in Regional Political Geography: Vol. 6. Africa: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya (Videocassette : 26 min. ) [1996]
IN-PROCESS
Abstract: Each video of this series presents the political geography of a certain region. Topics frequently reviewed for each region are economic development, education, politics, cultural geography, and other subject areas. Produced by the Information Department of the United Nations Developmental Programme with the support of UNICEF and PROWESS.
Director: Josy Dubie Distributor:Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, politics, history, economics
Refugee All Stars (The): Living Like a Refugee (CD-ROM ) [2005]
IN-PROCESS
Abstract: The Refugee All Stars album Living Like a Refugee is the realization of a lifelong dream for this inspiring band of Sierra Leonean musicians who lived for nearly a decade in refugee camps in West Africa. A brutal civil war (1991-2002) forced them from their homes in Sierra Leone. Many of their family and friends were murdered in the violence, leaving them with physical and emotional scars that may never heal. Despite the unimaginable horrors of civil war, they were saved through their music. Through music, The Refugee All Stars have found refuge, purpose and a source of power by giving a voice to the experiences of so many struggling to survive. Each song on Living Like a Refugee is an original composition written during their years in exile in the refugee camps. The powerful lyrics speak to the suffering and injustice they have seen but also reverberate with hopeful optimistic rhythms. The Refugee All Stars are the subject of a soon-to-be released documentary film that chronicles the band over three years, from refugee camps in Guinea back to war-ravaged Sierra Leone. The Refugee All Stars film reveals unique and inspiring personal stories of survival and rebirth through the universal language of music. As violent conflicts multiply around the globe the worldwide refugee crisis deepens. The story of The Refugee All Stars puts a human face, gives names and real experience to the innocent survivors of war whose brutal realities are often dismissed by mainstream media soundbites. Their music is available on CD 16583.
Director: NA Distributor:cdbaby.com
Keywords: Sierra Leone, popular music, refugees
Returning Dreams (DVD : 23 min. ) [2005]
DVD 7910
Abstract: Fourteen-year old Jemoh fled from Liberia when she was 11 and has been living in a refugee camp in Sierra Leone for the last three years. Now she is about to join one of the first and biggest UNHCR convoys to return to Liberia for three years. This Life program follows Jemoh's long journey home and the mixed picture she finds when she gets there. Jemoh's just one of the millions of children caught up in the world's conflicts. Some are forced to fight and kill; others are used as slaves and 'wives.' Those that survive are left brutalized and traumatized. How, the program asks, do you rehabilitate children who have gone through these kinds of experiences? To mark the 15th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Life returns to Sierra Leone and Liberia, to assess the fate of children caught up in their recent civil war.
Director: Emily Marlow Distributor:NA
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Liberia, refugees, children's rights, civil war, youth
Sorious Samura Collection (The): Cry Freetown, Exodus, Return to Freetown. (DVD : 134 min. ) [2005]
DVD 8476
Abstract: Compilation DVD of three films about Sierra Leone by Sierra Leonean filmmaker Sorious Samura. In Cry Freetown, Samura documents the civil war in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In Exodus, he follows the story of one migrant, Osas, whose absolute determination to achieve his mission reveals that he is willing to sacrifice everything to get out of Africa. In Return to Freetown, Samura returns to Sierra Leone and talks with three of the children who were abducted and forced to become soldiers in the civil war. Thousands were taken from their families by a ruthless rebel leader and turned into killers.
Director: Sorious Samura Distributor:Insight News Television
Keywords: Sierra Leone, immigration, war, children, violence, family
Witness to Truth (Videocassette : 55 min. ) [2004]
VHS 9147
Abstract: WITNESS was invited by the Sierra Leonean Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to produce the first video accompaniment to an official TRC report. Witness to Truth summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the TRC's report -- highlighting the key causes and consequences of the war, raising public awareness of the TRC's efforts at peace-building and encouraging civil society in Sierra Leone and beyond, in order to hold the government accountable for implementing the binding recommendations that will be issued by the TRC.
Director: Gillian Caldwell Distributor:Witness
Keywords: Sierra Leone, civil war, TRC, civil society, politics, war
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future (Videocassette : 54 min. ) [1999]
V. CASS. VHS 5072
Abstract: An international conference on literature by women of African descent held at New York University in October 1997. Yari Yari means the future in the Kuranko language of Sierra Leone, West Africa. It was the first major international literary conference of its kind, featuring such renowned writers as Edwidge Danticat, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, Werewere Liking and Sapphire. The video documents selected scenes from panels, readings, and performances during the conference.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: women, African Americans, literature, conference
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Blood Diamond (DVD : 143 min. ) [2007]
DVD 7358
Abstract: Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside.
Director: Edward Zwick Distributor:Warner Home Video
Keywords: Sierra Leone, smugglers, history, civil war, drama, feature film
Child's Century of War (A) (Videocassette : 90 min. ) [2001]
V.CASS. VHS 8466
Abstract: From the perspective of children, this documentary takes the viewer on a journey through the past century, examining the way in which modern wars have increasingly threatened and targeted children. Two orphans of the two recent Chechen wars, children growing up on a dangerous street in the West Bank, and abducted, raped, and amputated children of Sierra Leone all tell their stories. This films makes parallel connections with past and present conflicts, with an eye to the future.
Director: Shelley Saywell Distributor:First Run/Icarus Films
Keywords: Chechnya, West Bank, Sierra Leone, war, orphans, trauma
Cry Freetown, Return to Freetown (Videocassette : 134 min. ) [2005]
VHS 7205
Abstract: In Cry Freetown, Sierra Leonean filmmaker, Sorious Samura documents the civil war in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In Return to Freetown, filmmaker Sorious Samura returns to Sierra Leone and talks with three of the children who were abducted and forced to become soldiers in the civil war. Thousands were taken from their families by a ruthless rebel leader and turned into killers.
Director: Sorious Samura Distributor:Insight News Tv
Keywords: Sierra Leone, economy, civil war, youth
Daresalam (DVD : 105 min. ) [2000]
DVD7329
Abstract: Daresalam is the first African feature film to focus on the civil wars convulsing the continent from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It provides compelling insights into how ordinary people around the world get swept up in extraordinary events. Its timeless story of two childhood friends turned into political foes personalizes the terrible costs of internecine strife.
Director: Issa Serge Coelo Distributor:Kino International & California Newsreel
Keywords: Chad, civil war, friendship, history, politics, feature film
Diamond Life (The) (Videocassette : 7 min. ) [2000]
V.CASS. VHS 8973
Abstract: The Revolutionary United Front's (RUF) attack on Freetown in January of 1999 was the culmination of a decade-long and bloody struggle between the RUF and the government of Sierra Leone. The rebel forces, bolstered by the former Sierra Leonean Army, which had turned on the government, swept into the city, killing, mutilating, and raping thousands in the continuing war over the control of the country's rich diamond fields. RUF units burned houses with civilians inside, shot and raped people at random, killing an estimated 6,000 people in the span of three weeks. Since 1990, half the country's population of five million has been displaced. Today, Sierra Leone produces more refugees than any other country in Africa. The country is full of war victims, whose amputated limbs serve as living testimony to the brutality of the rebels. The Diamond Life provides a disturbing glimpse into the greed and violence that fuels the Sierra Leone region's brutal diamond war.
Director: Stephen Marshall, Josh Shore Distributor:Witness
Keywords: Sierra Leone, civil war, violence, politics, history, refugees
Diamonds of War (Video Disc/Laser Vision : 50min min. ) [2007]
DVD 8987
Abstract: In the diamond-rich West African nation of Sierra Leone, rebels used the precious gems to bankroll a violent ten-year insurrection, leaving a terrorized population and a ravaged landscape in its wake.
Director: NA Distributor:Warner Home Video
Keywords: Sierra Leone, diamonds, mining, war, violence, economy
Ezra (DVD : 105 min. ) [2007]
DVD 9460
Abstract: Tells the story of Ezra, a young boy kidnapped and forced to become a soldier with a rebel faction in the Sierra Leone civil war. Ten years later, he is before a truth and reconciliation commission and made to revisit and understand his crimes so as to begin the process of psychological healing.
Director: Carlos Arango de Montis Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Sierra Leone, wara, children, reconciliation, psychology
Family Across the Sea (Videocassette : 58 min. ) [1990]
V. CASS. VHS 1620
Abstract: A delegation of Gullah people travels from the United States to Sierra Leone to trace the roots of their heritage. Production of South Carolina ETV.
Director: Domino Boulware Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Gullah, African diaspora
Going Home (Videocassette : 31 min. ) [1999]
V.CASS. VHS 8931
Abstract: Mohammed is 10 years old, but for most of 1997 he was forced to act as a young fighter with rebel forces in the forests of Sierra Leone. His duties included carrying heavy equipment, acting as a personal servant to other soldiers, and torturing and disciplining any of the other child soldiers who stepped out of line. Eventually he escaped to Guinea, where he is one of thousands lining up to register at the Gueckedou refugee camp. In 1997 Guinea was host to an estimated 430,000 refugees: 190,000 Sierra Leoneans, and 240,000 Liberians who had escaped the eight-year civil wars there. This film evaluates the success of the Guinean government and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in protecting the rights pledged this huge African refugee population under the OAU Convention.
Director: Emily Marlow Distributor:Bullfrog Films
Keywords: Guinea (Conakry), Liberia, Sierra Leone, civil war, violence, youth, refugees, UN
In Their Own Voices (DVD : 16 min. ) [2004]
DVD 3719
Abstract: Interwoven stories of four Africans in Philadelphia who find in the African continent the inspiration for their art. Features a Liberian drum maker, a Sierra Leonean singer, a Nigerian visual artist and a Guinean artisan.
Director: Filmon Mebrahtu Distributor:Reel Voices
Keywords: United States, diaspora, African immigrants, art, music
Language You Cry In (The) (Videocassette : 53 min. ) [1999]
V. CASS. VHS 4624
Abstract: The film tells an amazing scholarly detective story reaching across hundreds of years and thousands of miles from 18th century Sierra Leone to the Gullah people of present-day Georgia. It recounts the even more remarkable saga of how African Americans have retained links with their African last through the horrors of the middle passage, slavery and segregation. The film dramatically demonstrates the contribution of contemporary scholarship to restoring what narrator Vertamae Grosvenor calls the 'non-history imposed on African Americans.' This is a story of memory and how the memory of a family was pieced together through a song with legendary powers to connect those who sang it with their roots.
Director: Alvaro Toepke, Angel Serrano Distributor:California Newsreel
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Gullah, African diaspora, music.
Mende, The (Videocassette : 51 min. ) [1990]
VHS 9212
Abstract: This village portrait of some 260 Mende people who live in the forest of Sierra Leone shows successful and unlucky citizens, clowns and gossips, happy and divided households. The Mende recognize the presence of a supernatural world that affects farming, fishing, and all other aspects of their daily routine. From the Disappearing World Series, made with anthropologist Marianne Ferme. English subtitles are used when local dialects are spoken.
Director: Bruce MacDonald Distributor:Penn State Media Sales
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Mende, anthropology, ethnography, rural life
Operation Fine Girl: Rape used as a Weapon of War in Sierra Leone (Videocassette : 46 min. ) [2001]
VHS 9207
Abstract: Operation Fine Girl documents the brutal use of rape as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone. The story is told through the eyes the survivors - women and girls, as well as the child soldiers and perpetrators.
Director: Lilibet Foster Distributor:Witness
Keywords: Sierra Leone, civil war, sexual violence, rape, women, children
Our Developing World: Studies in Regional Political Geography (Videocassette : 241 min. ) [1996]
IN-PROCESS
Abstract: Each video of this series presents the political geography of a certain region. Topics frequently reviewed for each region are economic development, education, politics, cultural geography, and other subject areas. Produced by the Information Department of the United Nations Developmental Programme with the support of UNICEF and PROWESS. Ten videocassettes (volumes five through seven concern African nations): (v. 1) Central America: Costa Rica; (v. 2) Central America: Cuba; (v. 3) South America: Brazil; (v. 4) South America: Paraguay; (v. 5) Africa: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt; (v. 6) Africa: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya; (v. 7) Africa: Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho; (v. 8) Asia: Mongolia, China, Nepal; (v. 9) Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam; (v. 10) South Pacific/Oceania: The Philippines, Kiribati.
Director: Josy Dubie Distributor:Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Keywords: Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil, Paraguay, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Lesotho, Mongolia, China, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Oceania, the Philippines, Kiribati, politics, history, economics
Our Developing World: Studies in Regional Political Geography: Vol. 6. Africa: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya (Videocassette : 26 min. ) [1996]
IN-PROCESS
Abstract: Each video of this series presents the political geography of a certain region. Topics frequently reviewed for each region are economic development, education, politics, cultural geography, and other subject areas. Produced by the Information Department of the United Nations Developmental Programme with the support of UNICEF and PROWESS.
Director: Josy Dubie Distributor:Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, politics, history, economics
Refugee All Stars (The): Living Like a Refugee (CD-ROM ) [2005]
IN-PROCESS
Abstract: The Refugee All Stars album Living Like a Refugee is the realization of a lifelong dream for this inspiring band of Sierra Leonean musicians who lived for nearly a decade in refugee camps in West Africa. A brutal civil war (1991-2002) forced them from their homes in Sierra Leone. Many of their family and friends were murdered in the violence, leaving them with physical and emotional scars that may never heal. Despite the unimaginable horrors of civil war, they were saved through their music. Through music, The Refugee All Stars have found refuge, purpose and a source of power by giving a voice to the experiences of so many struggling to survive. Each song on Living Like a Refugee is an original composition written during their years in exile in the refugee camps. The powerful lyrics speak to the suffering and injustice they have seen but also reverberate with hopeful optimistic rhythms. The Refugee All Stars are the subject of a soon-to-be released documentary film that chronicles the band over three years, from refugee camps in Guinea back to war-ravaged Sierra Leone. The Refugee All Stars film reveals unique and inspiring personal stories of survival and rebirth through the universal language of music. As violent conflicts multiply around the globe the worldwide refugee crisis deepens. The story of The Refugee All Stars puts a human face, gives names and real experience to the innocent survivors of war whose brutal realities are often dismissed by mainstream media soundbites. Their music is available on CD 16583.
Director: NA Distributor:cdbaby.com
Keywords: Sierra Leone, popular music, refugees
Returning Dreams (DVD : 23 min. ) [2005]
DVD 7910
Abstract: Fourteen-year old Jemoh fled from Liberia when she was 11 and has been living in a refugee camp in Sierra Leone for the last three years. Now she is about to join one of the first and biggest UNHCR convoys to return to Liberia for three years. This Life program follows Jemoh's long journey home and the mixed picture she finds when she gets there. Jemoh's just one of the millions of children caught up in the world's conflicts. Some are forced to fight and kill; others are used as slaves and 'wives.' Those that survive are left brutalized and traumatized. How, the program asks, do you rehabilitate children who have gone through these kinds of experiences? To mark the 15th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, Life returns to Sierra Leone and Liberia, to assess the fate of children caught up in their recent civil war.
Director: Emily Marlow Distributor:NA
Keywords: Sierra Leone, Liberia, refugees, children's rights, civil war, youth
Sorious Samura Collection (The): Cry Freetown, Exodus, Return to Freetown. (DVD : 134 min. ) [2005]
DVD 8476
Abstract: Compilation DVD of three films about Sierra Leone by Sierra Leonean filmmaker Sorious Samura. In Cry Freetown, Samura documents the civil war in Freetown, Sierra Leone. In Exodus, he follows the story of one migrant, Osas, whose absolute determination to achieve his mission reveals that he is willing to sacrifice everything to get out of Africa. In Return to Freetown, Samura returns to Sierra Leone and talks with three of the children who were abducted and forced to become soldiers in the civil war. Thousands were taken from their families by a ruthless rebel leader and turned into killers.
Director: Sorious Samura Distributor:Insight News Television
Keywords: Sierra Leone, immigration, war, children, violence, family
Witness to Truth (Videocassette : 55 min. ) [2004]
VHS 9147
Abstract: WITNESS was invited by the Sierra Leonean Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to produce the first video accompaniment to an official TRC report. Witness to Truth summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the TRC's report -- highlighting the key causes and consequences of the war, raising public awareness of the TRC's efforts at peace-building and encouraging civil society in Sierra Leone and beyond, in order to hold the government accountable for implementing the binding recommendations that will be issued by the TRC.
Director: Gillian Caldwell Distributor:Witness
Keywords: Sierra Leone, civil war, TRC, civil society, politics, war
Yari Yari: Black Women Writers and the Future (Videocassette : 54 min. ) [1999]
V. CASS. VHS 5072
Abstract: An international conference on literature by women of African descent held at New York University in October 1997. Yari Yari means the future in the Kuranko language of Sierra Leone, West Africa. It was the first major international literary conference of its kind, featuring such renowned writers as Edwidge Danticat, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, Werewere Liking and Sapphire. The video documents selected scenes from panels, readings, and performances during the conference.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: women, African Americans, literature, conference
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