Notes from Liberia (2015)

Notes from Liberia

2015

Documentary

Synopsis

This film traces the journey of the late Japanese cinematographer Ryo Murakami to the Firestone Tire and Rubber Plantation in Liberia. Under the cover of night, he trespasses onto the plantation grounds and enters a scarcely seen world, where coercive living conditions and labor practices have changed alarmingly little since the plantation opened in 1926. Journalistic access to the plantation is tightly controlled and monitored by the company, and Ryo’s footage is a rare independent vision of the lives of plantation workers.

Credits

Director

Judd Ehrlich

Ryo Murakami

Crew

Ryo Murakami (Cinematography)

Chris Iversen (Editor)

David Lieberman (Editor)

Judd Ehrlich (Producer)