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Africa Rising: With film school, can Sierra Leone change 'Blood Diamond' image? |
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Pick your way down a crowded street clogged with motorbike taxis and stray dogs. Walk past the women hawking flip-flops and little baggies of plantain chips. Step over an open gutter and through a low, unmarked doorway. Round a few unlit corners, then walk up a narrow set of stairs – and you’ve arrived.
Welcome to Hollywood, Sierra Leone style.
This small West African country has only one Western-style movie theater, but as of August it is now home to its very own film school. From his humble offices here amid the hustle of Freetown, the school’s director aims to train young Sierra Leoneans to create their own films. In the long run, he hopes the country’s homegrown movie industry might transform Sierra Leone’s battered image overseas.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2011/1214/Africa-Rising-With-film-school-can-Sierra-Leone-change-Blood-Diamond-image
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