Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (72 min.)) : sound, color |
Summary |
Documentary about a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn to shreds by a bloody civil war, violent warlords and a corrupt Charles Taylor regime. Includes interviews, archival images, and scenes of present-day Liberia together to recount the experiences and memories of the women who were instrumental in bringing lasting peace to their country |
Notes |
Originally produced in 2008 |
Credits |
Director of cinematography, Kirsten Johnson ; editors, Kate Taverna, Meg Reticker ; music composed by Blake Leyh ; vocals by Angelique Kidjo |
Performer |
Featuring Etweda "Sugars" Cooper, Vaiba Flomo, Leymah Gbowee, Janet Johnson Bryant, Asatu Bah Kenneth |
Notes |
Closed captioning in English |
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Description based on online resource; title from title screen (viewed June 2, 2020) |
Subject |
Women and peace -- Liberia
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Conflict management -- Liberia
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Women -- Liberia -- Social conditions
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Conflict management
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Social conditions
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Women and peace
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Women -- Social conditions
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SUBJECT |
Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1989-1996 -- Women
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Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1999-2003 -- Women
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Liberia -- Social conditions -- 1980- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076469
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Subject |
Liberia
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Feature films
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History
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Internet videos
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Nonfiction films
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Kidjo, Angélique, 1960- singer.
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Disney, Abigail E., film producer.
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Reticker, Gini, film director.
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Lukinson, Sara, screenwriter.
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Cooper, Etweda, interviewee (expression)
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Flomo, Vaiba, interviewee (expression)
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Gbowee, Leymah, interviewee (expression)
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Johnson Bryant, Janet, interviewee (expression)
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Bah Kenneth, Asatu, interviewee (expression)
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Johnson, Kirsten (Kirsten Boyd), director of photography.
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Taverna, Kathryn, editor of moving image work.
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Reticker, Meg, editor of moving image work.
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Leyh, Blake, composer (expression)
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Fork Films, presenter, production company, publisher.
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