Cry Freetown

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Cry Freetown
Directed by Sorious Samura
Production
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Insight News TV
Distributed by CNN International
Release date
  • February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03)
Country Sierra Leone

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]

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References

  1. "CRY FREETOWN" (Interview). PBS NewsHour . 25 January 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2011.