Cry Freetown (2000)
- Directed by
- Ron McCullagh, Sorious Samura
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Runtime
- 27 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows the brutal takeover of Freetown, Sierra Leone by rebel forces in 1999. It also covers the Nigerian army executing suspected rebels. The film focuses on the suffering of civilians caught in the conflict.
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What happens
Cry Freetown is a 2000 documentary film directed by Sorious Samura. It is an account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing the capital city (January 1999). The film also documents the Nigerian army summarily executing suspects. It was broadcast on CNN International on February 3, 2000. The film was produced with the assistance of CNN Productions, the Dutch news program 2Vandaag and Insight News Television. Awards for the film include the Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, Peabody Award and the 2001 silver award at the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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