film

Logs of War

2016

Completed

Director

Anjali Nayar

 

Development support

Went to Good Pitch

 

Doc Society Involvement

Docsoc helped with Development

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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.

Subjects

Environment

Good Pitch Events

  • New York 2014