Fambul Tok (2011)

Directed by

Sara Terry

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 23m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows a program that brings together people in Sierra Leone to talk about the violence they experienced during the civil war. It shows community members working toward forgiveness and rebuilding relationships with former enemies.

observationalquietly hopefulhumanizingearnestpatientintimatereflective

What happens

Fambul Tok is a 2011 American documentary film about an organization that aims at reconciliation and forgiveness in communities that were affected by a long-running civil war in Sierra Leone. The film was directed by journalist Sara Terry and it premiered at the South by Southwest film festival. The title of the film is the organization's name, which translates to "family talk" in the Krio language. The film has received mixed reviews from critics. An epilogue to the film documented the community's reconciliation process with one of the major perpetrators of violence during the war. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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