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Directed by
  
Sorious Samura

Country
  
Sierra Leone

Director
  
Sorious Samura

Executive producer
  
Ron McCullagh

Distributed by
  
CNN International

Initial release
  
3 February 2000

Film series
  
Cry Freetown Film Series

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Release date
  
February 3, 2000 (2000-02-03)

Cast
  
Sorious Samura, Giuseppe Berton

Awards
  
Peabody Award, British Academy Television Award for Best News and Current Affairs Journalism

Similar
  
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Cry Freetown is a 2000 documentary film directed by Sorious Samura. It is an account of the victims of the Sierra Leone Civil War and depicts the most brutal period with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels capturing the capital city (January 1999). It was broadcast on CNN International on February 3, 2000. The film was produced with the assistance of CNN Productions, the Dutch news program 2Vandaag and Insight News Television. Awards for the film include the Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, Peabody Award and the 2001 silver award at the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Awards.w

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Cry Freetown Wikipedia
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