Cry Freetown

January. 01,2000      
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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 on January 1999.

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Reviews

ShangLuda
2000/01/01

Admirable film.

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AutCuddly
2000/01/02

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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Casey Duggan
2000/01/03

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Lela
2000/01/04

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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