
The Lion Mountains: A Journey Through Sierra Leone's History
This intimate documentary follows Louis Buckley, a 25-year-old Jamaican-English man, as he travels to Sierra Leone for the first time, driven by a deep desire to reconnect with his African roots and understand the complex history of a land once shaped by empire. Arriving in a nation still healing from an 11-year civil war, Louis embarks on a personal and historical quest through breathtaking landscapes and powerful conversations with elders, historians, and everyday people. What unfolds is a rare and honest perspective, a young Black British man confronting colonial legacies, cultural memory, and the question: “How did this country, so rich in resources, come to be one of the poorest in the world?
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