Liberia: A Fragile Peace (2006)

2006. 60 minutes. Liberia. Producer / Director: Steven Ross. Documentary

Tells the history of Liberia and a war-weary people's struggle to rebuild their nation after 14 years of civil war. Focuses on the period from the departure of rebel leader-turned president Charles Taylor to the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first African woman head of state, and the difficulties of rehabilitating a nation destroyed by war.