Sing, Freetown

Sing, Freetown

94 mins | Documentary | June 11, 2021

Emmy-winning Sierra Leonean filmmaker Sorious Samura has grown tired telling negative stories about Africa. He embarks on a journey with his best friend, Sierra Leone’s most famous playwright, to create an epic work of national theatre – a play to reclaim their country from negative media narratives and the damaging legacy of colonial rule. It doesn’t go as planned.

Sing, Freetown

94 mins | Documentary | June 11, 2021

Sing, Freetown
Emmy-winning Sierra Leonean filmmaker Sorious Samura has grown tired telling negative stories about Africa. He embarks on a journey with his best friend, Sierra Leone’s most famous playwright, to create an epic work of national theatre – a play to reclaim their country from negative media narratives and the damaging legacy of colonial rule. It doesn’t go as planned.
Producers
Original title Sing, Freetown
Directors Clive Patterson
Writers

Cast

Sorious Samura

as Self