Documentary on Former Liberian Warlord

A documentary on Joshua Blahyi is making the rounds of film festivals. Known as General Butt Naked during Liberia’s civil war, he led an army of child soldiers and was responsible for over 20,000 deaths. Later he became an evangelical preacher, traveling through Liberia asking for forgiveness. The film is said to raise questions about forgiveness, reconciliation, and justice.

It has provoked these questions: Can someone who did such horrible things truly be reformed? Is his transformation real or contrived?

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