War Don Don

Until the SXSW Film Festival, I was completely oblivious to the fact that Sierra Leone recently spent ten years in a civil war (or what we thought was a civil war despite the fact that armies from neighboring Liberia were involved). That fact alone, while embarrassing for me, makes this documentary worth watching. “War don don” means “the war is over,” and while this statement brings happiness to the people of Sierra Leone, the trial to follow has just begun.

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