HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1
Sierra Leone - The Rebels
Sierra Leone - The Rebels
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Sierra Leone - The Rebels, 1998; HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1; Sierra Leone; Africa; Records of the International Monitor Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
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HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1
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Sierra Leone - The Rebels
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Date(s)
1998
1998 (Date of production)
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16 minutes
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English (Original)
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Warning: graphic images.
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documentary film
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A documentary on the conflict in Sierra Leone told from the point of view of the members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the rebels affiliated with it. Throughout Sierra Leone’s eight-year-long civil war, rebel soldiers have been accused of killing, mutilating, raping, and kidnapping civilians. While there is plenty of eyewitness evidence to support the charges against rebel soldiers, rebel officials say the blame for these atrocities should not fall on their troops alone. Sam Bockery, commander of the RUF, maintains that they are misrepresented by the Sierra Leone government and the Nigerian-led ECOMOG forces (Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group, a West African multilateral armed forces) and that while the latter are interested in controlling the mines for their own benefit, the rebels fight for the people and for a state that will invest the nation’s rich mineral wealth into schools and hospitals.
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HU OSA 350Records of the International Monitor Institute
HU OSA 350-3Africa
HU OSA 350-3-2Sierra Leone
HU OSA 350-3-2:5BetaSP NTSC #5
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1Sierra Leone - The Rebels
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/2Interview
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/3Sierra Leone - Kamajor Chaos
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1
Sierra Leone - The Rebels
Sierra Leone - The Rebels
Available digitallyHU_OSA_00009777
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Sierra Leone - The Rebels, 1998; HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1; Sierra Leone; Africa; Records of the International Monitor Institute; Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest
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HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1
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Title
Sierra Leone - The Rebels
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Date(s)
1998
1998 (Date of production)
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Description Level
Item
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Record Type
Moving Image
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Duration
16 minutes
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Language
English (Original)
General Information
Notes
Warning: graphic images.
General Information
Access Rights
Not Restricted
Content
Form / Genre
documentary film
Content
Contents Summary
A documentary on the conflict in Sierra Leone told from the point of view of the members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the rebels affiliated with it. Throughout Sierra Leone’s eight-year-long civil war, rebel soldiers have been accused of killing, mutilating, raping, and kidnapping civilians. While there is plenty of eyewitness evidence to support the charges against rebel soldiers, rebel officials say the blame for these atrocities should not fall on their troops alone. Sam Bockery, commander of the RUF, maintains that they are misrepresented by the Sierra Leone government and the Nigerian-led ECOMOG forces (Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group, a West African multilateral armed forces) and that while the latter are interested in controlling the mines for their own benefit, the rebels fight for the people and for a state that will invest the nation’s rich mineral wealth into schools and hospitals.
Hierarchy
Close hierarchy info
HU OSA 350Records of the International Monitor Institute
HU OSA 350-3Africa
HU OSA 350-3-2Sierra Leone
HU OSA 350-3-2:5BetaSP NTSC #5
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/1Sierra Leone - The Rebels
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/2Interview
HU OSA 350-3-2:5/3Sierra Leone - Kamajor Chaos