The professor / by Jason Price.
In a meager apartment on the outskirts of New York City lives a quiet, old man who was once President of an African country. Former law professor and Supreme Court justice David Kpormakpor served as Interim President of Liberia between 1994-95, during its disastrous civil war. He now lives alone, on...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Watertown, Mass. :
Documentary Educational Resources,
2007.
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online.
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| Genre/Form: | Documentary. Documentaries and Factual Films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Ethnographic films. Documentary. |
| Summary: | In a meager apartment on the outskirts of New York City lives a quiet, old man who was once President of an African country. Former law professor and Supreme Court justice David Kpormakpor served as Interim President of Liberia between 1994-95, during its disastrous civil war. He now lives alone, on welfare, among thousands of Liberian refugees, many of whom question why he did not simply take the money and run when he had the chance. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (25 min.) |
| Production Credits: | Director, Jason Price. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded in Staten Island, N.Y. |