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In 1989, Charles Taylor, a rebel leader in the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), launched a rebellion against Doe, sparking the First Liberian Civil War. [4] After Doe was murdered and his regime collapsed in 1990, the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) was founded by Krahn and Mandinka refugees and former AFL soldiers in 1991. [5]
Liberia: An Uncivil War, (also as Liveria: O pio skliros emfylios), is a 2004 American-Liberian documentary TV movie co-directed Jonathan Stack and James Martin Brabazon. [1] The film was co-produced by both directors: James Brabazon and Jonathan Stack for Gabriel Films. [ 2 ]
He returned to Liberia in 1989 as the head of a Libyan-backed rebel group, the National Patriotic Front of Liberia, to overthrow the Doe government, initiating the First Liberian Civil War (1989–1996). Following Doe's execution, Taylor gained control of a large portion of the country and became one of the most prominent warlords in Africa. [3]
The film documents a peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace. Organized by social worker Leymah Gbowee, the movement started with praying and singing in a fish market. [3] Leymah Gbowee organized the Christian and Muslim women of Monrovia, Liberia to pray for peace and to organize nonviolent protests. Dressed in white to ...
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Films shot in Liberia (6 P) Liberian films (3 C) P. Liberian film people (2 C) Pages in category "Cinema of Liberia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out ...
Freetown is a 2015 biopic film based on a true story [1] about missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liberia seeking to escape the 1990 Liberian Civil War to safety in bordering Sierra Leone. [2]
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) – hashish; this film is often considered a drug-induced movie (LSD, psychedelics) Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) – cannabis, LSD; The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) - cannabis, MDMA, oxycontin; Platoon (1986) – cannabis, and opium; Platoon Leader (1988) – heroin; Playing God (1997) – fentanyl, morphine and ...