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The '''cinema of Liberia''' was impacted by the civil war, when the last cinema was closed in the 1990s.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35531106 |title=Women of Africa: Bringing art-house cinema to Liberia |accessdate=10 February 2016 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Since the end of the [[Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia|Ebola epidemic]], the country's first [[art-house cinema]] is scheduled to be opened after the ban on gathering was lifted.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="reuters">{{cite web |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-liberia-ebola-idUKKCN0VB0M0 |title=Movie therapy: entrepreneur helps Liberia heal from war and Ebola through film |accessdate=10 February 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref> Libera's capital, [[Monrovia]], had three cinemas, with only one still in existence today.<ref name="economist">{{cite web |url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2014/02/film-liberia |title=A new image |accessdate=10 February 2016 |work=The Economist}}</ref>
The '''cinema of Liberia''', or '''Liberian cinema''', refers to the filmmaking industry in Liberia. Liberian cinema has played an important part in Liberian culture and in recent years has begun flourishing again after the civil war.

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Liberian cinema was impacted by the [[First Liberian Civil War|civil war]], when the last cinema was closed in the 1990s.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35531106 |title=Women of Africa: Bringing art-house cinema to Liberia |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Liberia's capital, [[Monrovia]], had three cinemas, with only one still in existence today.<ref name="economist">{{cite web |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2014/02/film-liberia |title=A new image |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=The Economist}}</ref> Since the end of the [[Ebola virus epidemic in Liberia|Ebola epidemic]], the country's first [[art-house cinema]] was scheduled to be opened and operated by [[Kriterion Monrovia]], after the ban on gatherings was lifted.<ref name="BBC"/><ref name="reuters">{{cite web |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-liberia-ebola-idUKKCN0VB0M0 |title=Movie therapy: entrepreneur helps Liberia heal from war and Ebola through film |access-date=10 February 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

==Film directors==
Liberian-related film directors include the following female filmmakers.
[[Nancee Oku Bright]] based in New York City is known for her 2002 TV documentary ''Liberia: America's Stepchild''. [[Cheryl Dunye]] (born 1966) is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress, best known for ''[[The Watermelon Woman]]'' (1996), ''Stranger Inside'' (2001), ''The Owls'' (2010), and ''Mommy is Coming'' (2011), which treat themes of race, sexuality, and gender. [[Siatta Scott Johnson]] (born 1974) is a Liberian filmmaker and a broadcast journalist, who directed the documentaries ''The Iron Ladies of Liberia'' (2007) and ''Hondros'' (2017) on war photographer [[Chris Hondros]].

==See also==
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* [[Media of Liberia]]


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The cinema of Liberia, or Liberian cinema, refers to the filmmaking industry in Liberia. Liberian cinema has played an important part in Liberian culture and in recent years has begun flourishing again after the civil war.

Liberian cinema was impacted by the civil war, when the last cinema was closed in the 1990s.[1] Liberia's capital, Monrovia, had three cinemas, with only one still in existence today.[2] Since the end of the Ebola epidemic, the country's first art-house cinema was scheduled to be opened and operated by Kriterion Monrovia, after the ban on gatherings was lifted.[1][3]

Film directors

Liberian-related film directors include the following female filmmakers. Nancee Oku Bright based in New York City is known for her 2002 TV documentary Liberia: America's Stepchild. Cheryl Dunye (born 1966) is a Liberian-American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and actress, best known for The Watermelon Woman (1996), Stranger Inside (2001), The Owls (2010), and Mommy is Coming (2011), which treat themes of race, sexuality, and gender. Siatta Scott Johnson (born 1974) is a Liberian filmmaker and a broadcast journalist, who directed the documentaries The Iron Ladies of Liberia (2007) and Hondros (2017) on war photographer Chris Hondros.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Women of Africa: Bringing art-house cinema to Liberia". BBC News. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  2. ^ "A new image". The Economist. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Movie therapy: entrepreneur helps Liberia heal from war and Ebola through film". Reuters. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
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