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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Price, Jason, 1977-
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Kpormakpor, David D., > 1944-
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York.
Refugees > New York (State) > New York.
Liberians > Refugees.
Réfugiés > New York (État) > New York.
Libériens > Réfugiés.
Immigrants.
Refugees.
New York (State) > New York.
Documentary.
Documentaries and Factual Films
Encoded moving images.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (25 min.)
Production Credits:Director, Jason Price.