Uppland / directed by Edward Lawrenson ; written and produced by Killian Doherty and Edward Lawrenson.

New York : Grasshopper Film, [2018]

1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

"In the late 1950s, a Liberian-American-Swedish company called LAMCO established mining operations in the remote highlands of Liberia. The arrival of this multinational firm spurred the design and construction of a sprawling modernist new town called Yekepa to house employees and their families ... Once the iron ore deposit was depleted, operations were shut down, the employees and their families returned home, and the town abandoned ... Uppland features interviews with members of a Mano tribe who for generations lived on the land that Yekepa was built upon (and were displaced by mining operations), as well as former LAMCO employees, alongside remarkable Super-8mm home movies and archive photography. Uncovering the history of Yekepa, filmmaker Edward Lawrenson and architect Killian Doherty explore the demise of a once-thriving community, an episode that speaks to the tragic legacies of colonialism and the extractive industries' involvement in the region"--Container.

LAMCO History 20th century.
LAMCO
Extinct cities Liberia.
Iron mines and mining Liberia Yekepa History 20th century.
Mano (African people) Interviews.
Internally displaced persons Liberia Yekepa.
Villes disparues, en ruines, etc. Liberia.
Manon (Peuple d'Afrique) Entretiens.
Extinct cities
Internally displaced persons
Iron mines and mining
Mano (African people)
Social conditions
Yekepa (Liberia) Social conditions 20th century.
Liberia
Liberia Yekepa

Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Interviews
Nonfiction films
Short films
British Cinema.
Foreign films Great Britain.
Foreign films Ireland.
Courts métrages.
Films autres que de fiction.
Documentaires.

Lawrenson, Edward, director, screenwriter.
Doherty, Killian, producer, screenwriter.

Location: Library main 307665
Call No.: BIB 253139
Status: Available