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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.
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 [[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 |accessdate=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 |accessdate=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]] is scheduled to be opened 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 |accessdate=10 February 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
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==
''''''LOLLYWOO'''
Liberian-related film directors include the following female filmmakers.
Lollywood is the acrony use to refer to the Liberia film industry. The Liberian Film industry, after many years of being idle of Producing films to entertain its population
[[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]].
gain relevance during the 2014-2014 EBOLA crisis, the country saw a major turn in the purchase of Liberian films, many producers and marketers to produce and market.


==See also==
== '''WHY LIBERIAN MOVIE DURING THE EBOLA''' ==
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* [[Media of Liberia]]

during the period of 2014-2015, Liberia Movie became a hot cake on the Liberian Market, this could be because of so many reasons:
1. During the EBOLA period the Government of Liberia close her borders or more or less huge restrictions into and out off the country.
2. During the period of grieve the Liberia Producers produced more comic movie. These movies brought smiles on the faces of thousands of Liberians morning their lost ones, Friends and Families.

=== THE BEGINGING MOVIE ===

! Movie !! Producer !! Remarks
|-
| SAMAGUAN IN LOVE || CARRIE WALKER (JOHN FLOMO) || This Liberia Movie is rated as Liberia all time highest sold movie,
the unexpected hit Liberia generated thousands hundreds of thousands of Liberian Dollars for the Marketers, while the Producer and Actors walk away with little or nothing much.
Samaguan whose named is the Title of the Comic film.. still walk around noticeless today and the Producer still struggle for films.
|-
| Killer Bean and Facalo || 2 Rich Production (Richard) || This film is consider the second highest sold film in Liberia till date, for his part because the producer was well experience
in filming, producing and Marketing he earn a fortune from the film and protected the lead actor Killer Bean (Abdul)
|-
| When a Woman Loves || Trokon A. Peters || unlike the other two this movie was a powerful Love story that tril the public attention both on TV and as a house hold movie, this captivating thrilling love story was Directed by Abdul Karim Sherif. This movie sold at least 600 copies daily and stay top for a year plus, This movie furure the handsome face of '''Frank Vaker''', '''Manfreda Wodyu''''''Trokon Peters''' '''Daniel Coleman''' with the new style of classic Liberia film the Liberia Population took to the movie.
|}

Liberia Movie Union


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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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