Fambul Tok

Name: Fambul Tok
Director: Sara Terry
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-11-12
Rating: 6.3

The family tree bends, but it does not break.

2011 · 83 min · ★ 6.3 · Documentary

Victims and perpetrators of Sierra Leone’s brutal war come together for the first time in an unprecedented reconciliation program of grassroots truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies.

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