The land beneath our feet / Alchemy Films ; directed by Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman ; produced by Gregg Mitman and Sarita Siegel ; written by Sarita Siegel and Gregg Mitman.

"The Land Beneath Our Feet weaves together rare archival footage from a 1926 Harvard expedition to Liberia with the journey of a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, seeking to understand how the past has shaped land conflicts in his country today."--Container. "When lost footage from the 1920s depi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Alchemy Films (Production company)
Passion River Films (Publisher)
Other Authors: Siegel, Sarita (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Mitman, Gregg (Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Fahnbulleh, Miatta (Narrator)
Language:English
Published: [Warren, New Jersey] : Passion River, [2017]
Subjects:
Land tenure > Liberia.
Liberia > Social conditions.
Liberia > History.
Land tenure.
Social conditions.
Liberia.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
History.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"The Land Beneath Our Feet weaves together rare archival footage from a 1926 Harvard expedition to Liberia with the journey of a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, seeking to understand how the past has shaped land conflicts in his country today."--Container.
"When lost footage from the 1920s depicting a corporate land grab in the early days of globalization arrives back in Liberia, it sparks inquiry into how Liberians lost sovereignty over the very land that sustains them."--IMDb.
Note:Originally released as a documentary film in 2016.
Call Number:HD1025 .L36 2016 VideoDVD
Credits:Cinematographer, Sarita Siegel; editors, Sarita Siegel and Reg Wrench; animation, Josh Earle; music, Rob Waugh.
System Details:DVD-R, NTSC.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator, Miatta Fahnbulleh.