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Firestone and the Warlord

20140.0 / 1084 min

Documentary

Overview

The secret relationship between the American tire company Firestone and the infamous Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.

The untold story of The Firestone Tire Company, Charles Taylor, and the forgotten tragedy of Liberia.

Cast

Jon Lee Anderson

Self - Reporter

Samuel K. Doe

Self - Former Liberian President (archive footage)

Charles Taylor

Self - Former Liberian President (archive footage)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Self - President of Liberia

James K. Bishop

Self - Former US Ambassador to Liberia

Elizabeth Blunt

Self - BBC Reporter

John Chapman

Self - Former Firestone Employee

Sarah Childress

Self - Reporter

Edwin Cisco

Self - Official, Firestone Workers Union

Herman J. Cohen

Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State

Peter John De Vos

Self - US Ambassador to Liberia (archive footage)

Elwood Dunn

Self - Historian

Donald Emsminger

Self - Former Firestone Executive (archive footage)

Ken Gerhart

Self - Firestone Executive

Dennis Jett

Self - American Ambassador

Will Lyman

Self - Narrator

Scott Stearns

Self - Reporter

Amos Sawyer

Self - Former Liberian President

John T. Richardson

Self - Former Advisor to Charles Taylor

Lu Olkowski

Self - Reporter

T. Christian Miller

Self - Reporter

Marcela Gaviria

Director

Crew

Maeve O'Boyle

Editor

Chris Fournelle

Post Production Supervisor

Rachel Beth Anderson

Camera Operator