Shooting Freetown

Synopsis: A decade since Sierra Leone’s devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch’s ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’, SHOOTING FREETOWN follows three people forging their way in film and music in the nation’s capital, facing the constant struggles with vision and resourcefulness. By incorporating collaborative video projects, their stories give a fresh image of post-war Freetown, presented to the world through their own lens.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2011
Notes: In English and Krio [with English subtitles]
Subjects: Anthropology; Media studies
Keywords: Rouch, Jean (1917-2004); Sierra Leone; video diaries; visual anthropology

Name: Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Address: School of Social Sciences
The University of Manchester
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