Sorious Samura is a freelance journalist born in Sierra Leone who does documentaries that are based on factual events especially in Africa. His two famous documentaries are:
- Cry Freetown
- Exodus from Africa
However as his documentaries are too disturbing and contain violent images he has been turned down by the British television. However was recognised and won the Rory peck award in 1999 for freelance camera women and men. He was first recognised by Fergal Keane as he used Sorious Samura's material in a documentary.
Cry Freetown has been a recognised documentary as it highlights the brutal portray; of what happened in Sierra Leone in January 1999. He has shown the civil war to be of international concern to other neighbouring countries. His use of violent images were so that the audience could do something about the situation and create more awareness to the severity of the situation. The documentary has been successful as it has raised awarenes to some political issues that Africa has.
The documentary was shot with a hand held camera, on location of where the conflict was, used synchrous audio and used voice overs by the documentarist, which was Sorious Samura. However on some shots Samura Sorious was in front of the camera which shows its use of the mode expository documentary aaas it exposes the problems that Africa has.
Apart from Cry Freetown Samura has done other documentaries which have been a reality series named Living with... which highlighted the reality of the situation by becoming the central character in the documentary this was a way for him to break the boundaries between the diegetic world and the real world. The series included different documentaries such as: Living with AIDs, Living with hunger and Living with Refugee's.
The documentary was shot with a hand held camera, on location of where the conflict was, used synchrous audio and used voice overs by the documentarist, which was Sorious Samura. However on some shots Samura Sorious was in front of the camera which shows its use of the mode expository documentary aaas it exposes the problems that Africa has.
Apart from Cry Freetown Samura has done other documentaries which have been a reality series named Living with... which highlighted the reality of the situation by becoming the central character in the documentary this was a way for him to break the boundaries between the diegetic world and the real world. The series included different documentaries such as: Living with AIDs, Living with hunger and Living with Refugee's.
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