Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders

With an unflinching camera and candid observation, this documentary follows four medical volunteers, ranging from fresh-faced newbies to battle-scarred veterans of the organization.

"...romantic about this grim depiction of two missions in Liberia and Congo in the mid-2000s. The film follows four..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Let the voting begin

"...bodies at the height of an Ebola outbreak in Liberia. It is, more often than not, thankless work, as..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B

"...bodies at the height of an Ebola outbreak in Liberia. Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman's lovingly animated ”Last Day..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Chi-Raq

Spike Lee has his finger on our gun-crazy moment in history

"...example of Leymah Gbowee, whose 2003 sex strike in Liberia helped end that country’s civil war. Lysistrata is the..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Freetown

The director of The Saratov Approach is back with another true Mormon epic

"...unlucky enough to be preaching the gospel in Monrovia, Liberia, just as civil war breaks out in 1989...."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Ambassador

With daring, gonzo filmmaking, this documentary film penetrates the blood-diamond trade in the Central African Republic.

"...shady businessman who has purchased a black-market ambassadorship from Liberia to the CAR This could make a terrifically disturbing..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pay To Play

Drafthouse Films' release 'The Ambassador' exposes corruption in the Central African Republic

"...no one ever asked why a red-headed Dane was Liberia's consul to this embattled nation. The answer is depressingly..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Into the Valley of Death, and Back Out Again

Filmmaker and war photographer Tim Hetherington talks about his yearlong embed in Afghanistan

"...for The Devil Came on Horseback (about Darfur) and Liberia: An Uncivil War?..."

July 30, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Journey Into Clarity #83

For years he'd blamed his sister for destroying his comic book, a book worth over two grand today. Looking back at a painful memory brings Wayne Alan Brenner that much closer to understanding why losing that darned comic book at age seven meant so much.

"...in the middle of the jungle in Mano River, Liberia, West Africa...."

Dec. 24, 1999 Features Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page One: Inside The New York Times

The slow death of print media and the often shambling efforts of newspapers to reinvent themselves is one of the main topics of this documentary.

"...for saying something flippant about the Times’ coverage in Liberia – and Carr, who started tweeting at 52, is..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Police dropped charges against AISD senior Mamadee Kamara – but that didn't stop the district from acting as judge and jury

"...Kamara was born in Liberia in 1992, and his family was tossed from country..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...how the Bush Administration might handle the situation in Liberia, if it had been their idea:..."

July 18, 2003 Column

UPDATED: Austin FC Trades Nate Jones for General Allocation Money in MLS SuperDraft

UTRGV’s Bryant Farkarlun selected in second round

"...from UT Rio Grande Valley. The 22-year-old, originally from Liberia, scored five goals in 12 matches his senior year..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Sports Post by Eric Goodman

Cyrus Gray Hasn’t Been Convicted of a Crime, but He Spent Years in Jail

Now he is an advocate for the rights of the accused

"...Cyrus Gray was born in Liberia and moved with his family to Chicago when he..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

RAICES Pushing Hard on Biden for Real Migrant Justice

Not nearly enough

"...preserve temporary protected status for migrants from countries including Liberia, and a halt to enrollments in Trump's Migrant Protection..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Lilli Hime

Black Pumas Bring Down the Hammer Behind Powerhouse Singer Eric Burton

The frontman might not admit it, but he's a professional

"...and matriarch, Mary, the Harrisons went as far as Liberia in West Africa to minister before landing in California...."

June 21, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Day Trips: Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville

Zoological and botanical park is more than just a zoo

"...to breed Jentink's duiker, a deerlike animal native to Liberia. Rare in the wild, the Philippine crocodiles at the..."

May 10, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Oops!

"...from near Shanghai, ending on the Atlantic coast in Liberia. For those planning to make the trek, please note..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Column

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Then arrive about six miles north of Greenville on Liberia's Atlantic coast. Total travel is 8,443 miles...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Five Recommended Austin Arts Events This Weekend

On the weekend before that SXSW thing engulfs us all, yes

"...wonders of the fabled MCU nation. Senegal, Burkina Faso, Liberia, and neighboring places are where so many of the..."

March 2, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Tenth and Final SXSW Artist List

Action Bronson, Talib Kweli, a Blaze Foley tribute, and 196 more

"...Val Fleury (Monrovia, Liberia)..."

March 1, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Soccer Watch

"...who's currently in a run-off to become president of Liberia. They face England in the quarterfinals this Sat., Oct...."

Oct. 20, 2017 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Gale Theatre Company's TWENTYEIGHT

In this Afrofuturist drama by Tyler English-Beckwith, blacks labor to reach a safe space in space

"...to finish a shuttle to carry them to the Liberian space station, an orbiting refuge for people of color..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

SXSW Film Review: Cameraperson

Doc cinematographer reflects on work and reality

"...curriculum vitae. Clips from international trouble spots like Yemen, Liberia, Kabul, and Jasper, Texas, are mixed with footage from..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Headlines

"...U.S., via a Dallas hospital patient recently returned from Liberia, who tested positive for the virus after exhibiting symptoms..."

Oct. 3, 2014 News Feature

Estate Sale Roundup: June 26-29

Call home, we're coming in heavy this week.

"...Austrailia, France, Mexico, Germany, Ireland, Belguim, Turkey, Luxembourg, Phillipines, Liberia, Isreal, India and more. Dates from the 1920's through..."

June 26, 2014 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Capital Grille Steaks Its Claim on Fourth Street

And, boy howdy, does it come through with flavors flying

"...excellent examples in Lyon, France, and in downtown Monrovia, Liberia; Capital Grille's French onion soup matched the memory of..."

April 30, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Review: 'Fort Tilden'

2 (not) broke girls

"...voluntourist who announces her upcoming Peace Corps assignment in Liberia to snickers about doing it for the Facebook posts,..."

March 12, 2014 SXSW Post by Anne Harris

Steve Stockman Finally Shuts Up

Congressman is mum about business ventures

"...presidential, and thus, less Stockmanesque? Was it responsible for Liberia's god-awful talking John F. Kennedy coin?..."

Nov. 26, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Mads Brügger on Becoming 'The Ambassador'

Download our interview with the director of the new Drafthouse doc

"...with a consular passport and diplomatic credentials purchased from Liberia, he mounted a risky undercover effort to create a..."

Sept. 5, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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