Maher: Black Rain in Bomi
Maher: Black Rain in Bomi is a 2016 Liberian film based on the testimonies of survivors of a 2002 massacre in Bomi County.[1][2] Directed by the video journalist Derick Snyder, it was shown at the Fighting Stigma Through Film festival in London in 2018.[3]
The Maher massacre, one of the last massacres of the Second Liberian Civil War, took place in Tubmanburg on July 18, 2002. According to a 2004 investigation by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (JPC), pro-government militiamen under the command of Benjamin Yeaten and Roland Duo killed about 150 people on a bridge over the Maher River, about 60 km from Monrovia.[4]
Snyder, a 2014 winner of the Mohamed Amin Africa Media Award for a documentary about Ebola, first heard about the Maher massacre in 2007. He self-funded Maher using money from the Mohamed Amin award.[1] The film received a 2017 Award of Recognition from Indie Fest.[5]
References
- ^ a b Moco McCaulay, Maher, Black Rain in Bomi: A Liberian civil war movie about a forgotten massacre, The Liberian Echo, August 9, 2016.
- ^ Tete Bropleh, Movie Review: Maher Brought to Life a Forgotten Story, Liberian Observer, January 12, 2017.
- ^ James Harding Giahyue, Liberian Movie on Maher Massacre Screens at London Festival, Front Page Africa, December 3, 2018.
- ^ Family Calls for Justice and Reparations over Maher Massacre, Front Page Africa, October 19, 2018.
- ^ Award of Recognition April 2017, Indie Fest.