|War Don Don
Rebecca Richman Cohen
USA • 2009 • 85'
vo/ov EN • st/ond FR/NL
In the heart of Freetown, soldiers from the United Nations guard a fortified building known as the "Special Tribunal". Inside, Issa Sesay awaits his trial. According to prosecutors, he is guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. His own lawyers claim that he is a resistance fighter who has protected numerous civilians and played a crucial role in bringing peace to Sierra Leone. Thanks to unprecedented access to testimony from prosecutors, defence lawyers, victims and Sesay himself at the stand, War Don Don puts the international justice system on trial.
Cinereach Award, Human Rights Watch Film festival, New York 2010 • Special Jury Award, SXSW Film festival, 2010.
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