Logs of War
Short film Completed 2016
Director
Anjali Nayar
Doc Society helped with
Development
Went to Good Pitch
Can sustainable logging kick-start Liberia’s post-war economy?
Silas Siakor, a man who risked everything to cut off warlord Charles Taylor from the timber trade—that fuelled his countries civil war—is attempting to find out. Logs of War follows his endeavours.
Long Synopsis
Logs of War is the story of a Liberian man, Silas Siakor, who risked everything to cut off warlord Charles Taylor from the timber trade that was helping fund Liberia’s 14-year civil war. It continues half a decade later when Siakor, winner of the world’s most prestigious grassroots environmental award – the Goldman Prize, attempts to kick-start his country’s struggling economy through a sustainable logging industry.
Crew
Anjali Nayar
Director
Anjali Nayar is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. Over the last five years, she has documented environmental issues across Africa and Asia – from deadly climate change in the Bhutanese Himalayas to unscrupulous mining projects in the Congo Basin Rainforest.
Twitter: @LogsofWar
