INSIGHT TWI presents “S IERRA LEONE - AN ARTIST ’S JOURNEY” execut ive p roducer NICK FRASER (BBC STORYVILLE) producer SORIOUS SAMURA

( INSIGHT TWI , BAFTA , EMMY) d i rec to r CL IVE PATTERSON ( INSIGHT TWI) or ig ina l sco re composed by DANIEL PLATZMAN ( IMAGINE DRAGONS, GRAMMY)

COMING 2017A MAJOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FROM A

TEAM BEHIND OSCAR, EMMY, BAFTA AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTIONS

CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. INSPIRE THE PEOPLE. OWN THE FUTURE.

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“THIS FILM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTARIES MADE IN AND ABOUT AFRICA.”

NICK FRASER BBC STORYVILLE

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ONLY $65,000

REQUIRED TO COMPLETE PRODUCTION

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BAFTA AWARD

AN EMMY, BAFTA, P E A B O D Y , A N D GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCTION TEAM

BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS JOURNALISM

Insight TWI

Cry Freetown

EMMY AWARD

BEST INVESTIGATIVE

PROGRAM

Insight TWI

Cry Freetown

NONFICTION FILMMAKING

Nick Fraser

American Experience

EMMY AWARD

HISTORICAL PROGRAM

Nick Fraser

Reagan

EMMY AWARD

GRAMMY AWARDBEST ROCK

PERFORMANCE

Daniel Platzman

Radioactive

PEABODY AWARD

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Insight TWI

Cry Freetown

SIERRA LEONE IS THE STORY OF CHARLIE HAFFNER, THE MOST CELEBRATED THEATRE DIRECTOR IN A NATION STRICKEN BY EBOLA, POVERTY, CIVIL WAR AND AN EXODUS OF ITS PEOPLE LOOKING FOR BETTER LIVES.

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CHARLIE WILL EMBARK UPON A

JOURNEY TO REDISCOVER HIS

COUNTRY AND PRODUCE A PLAY THAT WILL

INSPIRE A GENERATION.

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ANAS AND OUR TEAM WILL NAME, SHAME, AND JAIL

GANGSTERS, CORRUPT POLITICIANS, DRUG RUNNERS, HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, ARMS DEALERS, MONEY LAUNDERERS, COUNTERFEITERS & PIRATES.

YOU GET THE PICTURE.

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THIS IS THE STORY OF AN ARTIST TAKING ON THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF HIS LIFE – TO CREATE A WORK OF ART THAT WILL CHANGE HIS COUNTRY’S FUTURE.

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ANAS AND OUR TEAM WILL NAME, SHAME, AND JAIL

GANGSTERS, CORRUPT POLITICIANS, DRUG RUNNERS, HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, ARMS DEALERS, MONEY LAUNDERERS, COUNTERFEITERS & PIRATES.

YOU GET THE PICTURE.

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“WE USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE ATHENS OF WEST AFRICA, BUT NOW WE ARE NOT. I WONDER IF WE CAN REVIVE THAT STATUS. I WONDER...”

CHARLIE HAFFNER

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A UNIQUE FILM FROM AFRICA

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CHANGE THE NARRATIVE INSPIRE THE PEOPLE OWN THE FUTURE

NICK FRASERE X E C U T I V E P R O D U C E R

Nick Fraser is Commissioning Editor for the BBC’s Storyville strand.

He was executive producer of Man on Wire, which won an Oscar for Best Documentary, the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the BAFTA Award.

P R O D U C T I O N T E A M

• Man on Wire • This Film Is Not Yet Rated • Project Nim • Reagan • American Experience

S E L E C T E D F I L M O G R A P H Y :

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Multiple Emmy winner Sorious Samura, a native of Sierra Leone, is one of the world's most widely respected African film and television producers.

• Cry Freetown • Living with Refugees • Living with Hunger • Addicted to Aid • Exodus from Africa

S E L E C T E D F I L M O G R A P H Y :

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SORIOUS SAMURAP R O D U C E R

P R O D U C T I O N T E A M

CLIVE PATTERSOND I R E C T O R

Clive Patterson is a critically-acclaimed young director and producer whose work has appeared on the BBC and Al Jazeera English.

• Living With Ebola • The Battle for Africa • Kony: Hunt for the World’s Most Wanted • Kenya’s Ticking Time Bomb • Kagame

S E L E C T E D F I L M O G R A P H Y :

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P R O D U C T I O N T E A M

DANIEL PLATZMANO R I G I N A L S C O R E

Sierra Leone’s original score will combine locally sourced and recorded Sierra Leonean music with dramatic, percussive compositions crafted by a rising musical star.

Grammy winning composer, producer, and drummer Daniel Platzman of the superstar rock band Imagine Dragons will create it.

Daniel co-wrote "Radioactive", the nine-times Platinum hit that holds the all-time record for most weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

H I T M A C H I N E :

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