Freetown (film)
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| Directed by | Garrett Batty |
| Produced by | Adam Abel and Garrett Batty |
| Written by | Garrett Batty and Melissa Leilani Larson |
| Starring | Henry Adofo, Michael Attram, Alphonse Menyo |
| Distributed by | Excel Entertainment |
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113 minutes |
| Language | English |
Freetown is a 2015 film based on a true story[1] about Mormon missionaries in Liberia seeking to escape the Liberian Civil War to safety in Sierra Leone.[2]
The filming was done entirely in West Africa.[3][4]
The film was nominated for several Ghana Movie Awards: Actor in a Leading Role (Henry Adofo), Screenplay (Melissa Leilani Larson and Garrett Batty), Original Score (Kirk Sharpe), Visual Effects (Davin Bekins), Production Design (Albert Aidoo and Courage Wormenor), Cinematography (Jeremy Prusso), Sound Editing and Mixing (George Dankwa), Directing (Garrett Batty), and Best Picture. It won the screenplay award over the also-nominated films If Tomorrow Never Comes, Beasts of No Nation, The Cursed Ones, and Silver Rain.[5]
The film is shortlisted for an AML Award.
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