Cry Freetown (a.k.a Out of Africa)
General information
- Call No.:
-
350-3-2:8/1
- Part of series
- HU OSA 350-3-2 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Sierra Leone
- Located at
- BetaSP NTSC #8 / No. 1
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00009780
- Date of air
- 2000-02-03
- Date of production
- 2000
- Date
- 2000
- Level
- Item
- Primary Type
- Moving image
- Language
- English, English
- Duration
- 28 min.
- Notes
- Warning: really graphic images.
Content
- Form/Genre
- Documentary film
- Contents Summary
- “Cry Freetown” is an account of the victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone and a brutal portrayal of what happened in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, in January 1999. Journalist Sorious Samura shot the film at great risk to his own life, aware of the fact that the strong images he recorded were the only thing able to put Sierra Leone back on the international agenda. It includes very disturbing footage of the victims of the rebels, as well as brutal beatings of rebel suspects, including children and family members of the rebels, by the Nigerian peacekeepers. The film focuses on Moses, a mute orphan who has been mercilessly beaten by ECOMOG soldiers suspecting him of being a rebel soldier. The film features interviews with victims and survivors of the attacks as well as with Father Giuseppe Barton from the Family Homes Movement where Moses was living.
Context
- Associated Names
- Ground, Elizabeth (Producer)
- McCullagh, Ron (Director)
- Samura, Sorious (Camera, Presenter)
- Insight News Television (Producer)
- Channel 4 (Producer)
- ARTE (Producer)
- CBC (Producer)
- CNN (Producer)
- 2 Vandaag (Producer)
- Insight News TV (Copyright holder)