Sorious Samura
Sorious Samura (born 27 October 1963) is a Sierra Leonean journalist. He is best known for two
In his recent two projects Living with Hunger and Living with Refugees (nominated for an Emmy award), he takes reality television to its extreme, becoming the central character in the films by living the lifestyle of an Ethiopian villager and Sudanese refugee respectively; in doing this, he tries to break the boundary between "us" (the people watching on TV) and "them" (those before the camera) by becoming one of them (albeit for just a month). Living with Corruption, his latest documentary to be shown on CNN, describes the shocking reality of how corruption is spread across society both in Sierra Leone and Kenya, affecting mostly the poor.
In 2010, Samura investigated attitudes to homosexuality in Africa in the
Samura attended the Methodist Boys High School in the east end of Freetown. As of 2007[update], he works in London, UK, and considers both London and Freetown his hometowns.[2]
References
- ^ "CRY FREETOWN" (Interview). PBS NewsHour. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ Samura, Sorious. "Profile of InsightNewsTV". Retrieved 2 December 2007 – via YouTube.
External links
- African chemists caught selling aid
- Cry Freetown
- Return to Freetown
- Exodus
- Insight News TV | Online Documentary Films
- PRIX EUROPA
- Time article on Samura
- Sorious Samura: The world's most fearless film-maker
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