Liberia: An Uncivil War (2004)

Liberia, a nation burdened by its past. America, a nation with no memory at all." In Liberia, the summer of 2003 was pure insanity. A rebel army attempts to overthrow a government run by an indicted war criminal. Two armies engage in the final battle of a decade long civil war. Hundreds of innocent civilians die from mortar shells launched from afar and thousands more suffer hunger while the soldiers, mostly teenagers, keep the capital city under siege. The nation prays that America, the world's sole superpower, will put an end to the violence. Conceived in Washington in the early 1800s, its constitution written at Harvard, its founding fathers freed slaves who returned to Africa, Liberia is the one country in the world worthy of the title, Made in America. By the year 2000, Liberia, once considered the gem of Africa, was ranked last in the world for quality of life.

Date of release
2004-08-07
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (6)
Genres
Documentary
Director
James Brabazon, Jonathan Stack

Interesting facts

Liberia: An Uncivil War,, is a 2004 American-Liberian documentary TV movie co-directed Jonathan Stack and James Martin Brabazon. The film was co-produced by both directors: James Brabazon and Jonathan Stack for Gabriel Films. The documentary revolves around the American interference for 2003 summer in Liberia where a power struggle between the rebel movement Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) and government leader Charles Taylor. Due to the war, hundreds of innocent civilians die from mortar shells.

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