Silas

Silas
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 32 Min. Rating: Release Year: 2017 Film Info: Screening format: DCP
Visit Website Director: Anjali Nayar, Hawa Essuman Executive Producer: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson, Jonathan Stack, Edward Zwick Producer: Steven Markovitz, Anjali Nayar Screenwriter: Anjali Nayar Cinematographer: Anjali Nayar, Joan Poggio Editor: Roderick Deogrades, Andrew Maccormack

Silas Siakor tirelessly works to protect the natural resources of his home country of Liberia, fighting against the government corruption that allowed for the rights to a third of Liberia's land to be sold off to multinational corporations. With his army of smartphone-wielding environmentalists, Silas goes from town to town, building a formidable grassroots movement capable of going toe-to-toe with dirty politicians and foreign money. Though based out of Africa, Silas is a story of worldwide import, an impassioned reminder of what activism is capable of at its best.

Community Partners: Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Urban Ecology Center, Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters

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