Fragment 53.
Candid, haunted, and often shocking interviews with high-ranking generals and warlords who fought in Liberia's First Civil War form the core of this transfixing inquiry into Africa's modern history and the nature and essence of war itself. Identified by name, rank, and the number of years...
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| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Grasshopper Film, 2016. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019. |
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| Summary: | Candid, haunted, and often shocking interviews with high-ranking generals and warlords who fought in Liberia's First Civil War form the core of this transfixing inquiry into Africa's modern history and the nature and essence of war itself. Identified by name, rank, and the number of years served with various military outfits, the testimonies of these men offer candid accounts of this brutal conflict. They describe life in their communities prior to the war, how they were drawn into it, what their days were like during this time, and justifications for their actions. Their haunting recollections are interspersed with snapshots of Liberia's streets and beautiful mangrove forests, and occasionally of stark and terrifying video footage from the war. Without ever sensationalizing or simplifying the troubling subject at hand, FRAGMENT 53 allows viewers to question how duty and strength become shaped within the context of warfare; much like the recent documentaries, The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence, which contemplated similar violence and atrocities committed in Indonesia. Nominated for the New Vision Award at the **CPH:DOX Film Festival**. *"An arresting piece of work." - **Sight & Sound*** |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (71 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |