Accountability Lab Hosts an Accountability Film Festival in Liberia

On Tuesday, Accountability Lab held Liberia’s first festival, showcasing five short but powerful documentaries created by students of the Lab’s recent 5-week accountability filmmaking training program. After an introduction by the Accountability Lab Liberia team, attendees were given the first public viewing of the five new Liberian documentaries: “Dark Sunlight” by Hashim Pabai; “The Future” by Dyfan Massaquoi; “Say it” by Dorcus Pewee; “The Desert Island” by Arthur Wahwehlee; and “Whose Job” by Morris Sherif. Each film depicted a different accountability issue commonly faced by Liberians: electricity shortages, child labor, sexual exploitation of women, and water and sanitation problems. These [...]