Directors: Jonathan Stack, James Brabazon
Photography: Jonathan Stack, James Brabazon, Axel Baumann, Tim Hetherington
Editor: Michael Kovalenko
Music: Barney McAll
Narrators: Jonathan Stack, James Brabazon
Producers: Jonathan Stack, James Brabazon
Executive Producer: Bill Smee
Production: Gabriel Films in association with Discovery Times Network
Distribution: Gabriel Films
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Special Jury Award IDFA 2004
Selected Filmography Jonathan Stack: Justifiable Homicide, 2002; 900 Women, 2001; No Escape: Prison Rape, 2001; Rite of Passage, 2000; The Gospel According to Mr. Allen, 2000; The Farm: Angola, USA, 1998.
In the summer of 2003, the Liberian civil war came to its culmination in the battle for the capital Monrovia. "Liberia: An Uncivil War" gives an account of this decisive phase from both sides of the atrocious conflict: experienced British war correspondent James Brabazon accompanied the rebel army on its drive for the capital, while his colleague Jonathan Stack held out in the city under siege, whose population was hoping in vain for an US army intervention. Based on the two filmmakers’ impressions, the dramatic documentary does show children with Kalashnikovs, but also examples of active, self-sacrificing commitment to a civil society. Both filmmakers received the International Documentary Association’s recognition through the "Courage Under Fire Award", presented by Michael Moore.