General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:2/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-2 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Sierra Leone

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #2 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009774

Date of production

1995

Date

1995

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

43 min.

Notes

Occasionally poor image (flickering image or no image) and sound (dialogues are sometimes muffled and indistinct).

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

The tape contains recordings of field research in Sierra Leone by Corinne Dufka, senior researcher in Human Rights Watch's Africa Division with specialized expertise in Sierra Leone. She visits villages and towns in Sierra Leone and interviews the locals about the physical and psychological scars left behind by the civil war that broke out in 1991. The tape contains interviews with survivors of the attacks; shots of children playing; images of adults preoccupied with their daily chores; footage of Sierra Leone’s landscapes; images of Corinne Dufka’s workplace and temporary home; footage of the streets of Freetown; and footage of the destruction caused by the war.

Context

Associated Names

Dufka, Corinne (Researcher)