26/04/12: Liberia '77: Investigating Liberia through photos




The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights) show

Summary: The West African country hopes to remain peaceful after a long-awaited War Crimes verdict. A Vancouver man -- with fond childhood memories-- is trying to help Liberia re-discover its history through pictures. Jeff Topham and his brother Andrew filmed a documentary there about the destruction of film during a civil war that killed a quarter-of-a-million people. It's a very personal journey that uses old family photos as a starting point for investigating just what happened to his family's friends.