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.[1]
^"CRY FREETOWN". PBS NewsHour. 25 January 2001. Archived from the original (Interview) on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
CryFreetown 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...
known for two CNN documentary films: CryFreetown (2000) and Exodus from Africa (2001). The self-funded CryFreetown depicts the most brutal period of the...
civilians' hands and other limbs off with machetes and even eating them. CryFreetown, the 2000 documentary film directed by Sorious Samura, shows accounts...
as well as the black market trade of blood diamonds for illegal arms. CryFreetown is a 2000 documentary film directed by Sorious Samura. It is an account...
Sidiki Bakaba Safi Faye Sorious Samura (CryFreetown, Return to Freetown, Exodus, Living with Hunger, Living with Refugees) Tareque Masud (Bangladesh)...
soukous, and "E Sidom Panam" - typical Sierra Leone dance music. "Freetown". CryFreetown.org. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 26...
Berton is one of the persons interviewed in the 2000 Documentary Film CryFreetown, by Sorious Samura. The Film was produced with the assistance of CNN...
(2006) Primeval (2007) Shake Hands with the Devil (2007) War Witch (2012) CryFreetown (2000), documentary Blood Diamond (2006) Ezra (2007) La vita non perde...
Impact on the Conflict and the Country, The New Citizen, 16 March 2007 CryFreetown – History of Sierra Leone before 1990 by Sorious Samura Archived 16 February...
him': Oil tanker explosion devastates lives in Freetown". The Irish Times. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Freetown City Council (8 November 2021) Press Release...
Year Title Director Genre Notes 2000 CryFreetown Sorious Samura documentary 2005 Blood Diamond Edward Zwick documentary 2012 SALAY Ali Kamanda short-film...
different periods) is an island in the Sierra Leone River. It is situated in Freetown Harbour, the estuary of the Rokel River and Port Loko Creek, about 20 miles...
Mahmadu Alphajor Bah 1977 2016 39 years Sierra Leonean footballer car Freetown, Sierra Leone He collided with an oncoming truck. Andrei Amalrik 1938 1980...
Retrieved 2019-02-14. A Mende Orthography Workshop: Ministry of Education, Freetown, January 21-25, 1980 Pemagbi, Joe. 1991. "A guide to Mende orthography...
people they handled to ports and markets in the Caribbean islands. After Freetown, Sierra Leone, was founded in the late 18th century by the British as a...
she was transporting mostly Italian prisoners of war from Cape Town to Freetown, under the command of Captain Rudolph Sharp. The ship was carrying 463 officers...
Gullah: rice, slavery and the Sierra Leone-American connection. 4th edition, Freetown, Sierra Leone: USIS. Turner, Lorenzo Dow (2002), Africanisms in the Gullah...
Trumpet/Annie Whitehead) – Trombone) Produced by Lemmy Jackson (single) 1981 "Freetown" b/w "Do What ?" by The Ram Jam Band (Brass:- Gary Barnacle – Sax/Luke...
By this point, he was importing breech-loading rifles via the port of Freetown in the British colony of Sierra Leone. He opened regular contacts with...
cities such as Lagos, Nigeria via Cotonou in Benin, Monrovia in Liberia and Freetown in Sierra Leone in late 19th century. The influx of instruments and musical...
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) "Freetown Sound by Blood Orange". Discogs. Retrieved August 22, 2016. "Curiosity...
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