i work in sierra leone . the filmmaker present a dishonest view and defend the ruf rebel and blame just about everyone but the ruf . i agree with ijapa review base on my experience . some specific inaccuracy representpresident valentine strasser and who accidentally come to power in a coup in 1992 and make the decision to hold election in 1996. at the last minute and strasser decide to retain power and be depose and and the election carry out by the sierra leone cabinet under general bio . the un do not impose them . the un be represent a an evil outside force throughout the film . the election be judge fair by observer . the ruf try to prevent them and do not participate . their campaign of terror against voter by cut off voter hand and foot make the election much more difficult and costly because many voter be refugee . the rebel leader foday sankoh be put in the cabinet by the lome accord in which the clinton administration and burn by the somalia experience ( black hawk down ) and be willing to agree to anything that it think would stop the rebel without u troop . the decision in no way validate sankoh a a legitimate leader a propose in the film . in fact he use the position to further the war and be eventually arrest . after he be arrest and his detailed record of 2000 diamond he be attempt to illegally sell in antwerp be discover . he die in prison of old age await trial for crime against humanity and at 65 well beyond the average life expectancy of sierra leonians . nigeria have a strong friendly relationship with sierra leone because many nigerian attend fourah bay college in freetown . nigeria be the strong member of ecomog and the west african nato . it be appropriate for ecomog to intervene in sierra leone a request by the sierra leone government . nigeria soldier be among the most professional in africa . do ecomog kill civilian in the ruf attack on freetown and the capital and in the rebel operation no live thing attack . probably and but not on the scale propose by the rebel spokesman . keep in mind that many rebel be easily identifiable by their ruf tattoo . there be no mention of charles taylor and the liberian warlord and finally president . taylor create the ruf a we know it and extend his liberian tactic of total terror and child soldier to sierra leone . taylor finance the rebel and provide weapon in exchange for sierra leone diamond mine by the ruf . the ruf diamond be use by al qaeda to hide asset in advance of the nairobi u embassy bomb and 9/11 . for detail check the washington post . taylor be arrest in the u for embezzlement but escape from jail . soon after he underwent guerrilla train under muammar qaddafi in liberia a do sankoh in the mid 1980 . he be now await trial in at the international court in the hague for crime against humanity for his role with the ruf . the filmmaker use footage from the film cry freetown . www . cryfreetown . org that filmmaker website do not support the statement advance by empire in africa . there be a first person account on the website of the capture of a small boy show in the film . should you see the film . it contain many statement and include in the narration and which be not true . the average viewer without country knowledge will have difficulty determine what be true and what be not . it be in no way balance and do not add to an understanding of what happen . the film contain numerous shot of corps and body part and on camera killing . for that reason it be unrated in the u . the gore add nothing to understand what happen . do i recommend it . no .