“Eventual Salvation” is premiering on the Sundance Channel later this month. I haven’t seen the film, but it looks interesting. Here’s a blurb someone just sent me:
In this uplifting film, Rees follows her 80-year-old grandmother Earnestine Smith, as she returns to her adopted home of Liberia to help rebuild a country emerging from 14 years of civil war. Smith is reunited with old friends and colleagues, who have also resolved to lend their expertise to the hard work of restoring communities and infrastructure. As it chronicles the efforts of Smith and her friends, Eventual Salvation interweaves their thoughts and stories with those of neighboring young men and women, who have resumed their lives and education after losing their childhoods to war.
This personal story of hope and redemption won the Creative Promise Award for Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival.
The premiere is on Monday, October 19th at 9pm ET.
For images from Eventual Salvation stills, visit the Flickr page.
Hope I make it home from class in time to catch the premiere. I’ve been covering the Liberian refugee issue in Staten Island, NY. It started as an assignment for journalism school but I can’t understand why it hasn’t been covered more in western media. Click below for more:
http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/interactive2010/2009/10/16/the-liberian-immigration-labyrinth/