Right now, Sierra Leone's civil war and its recent history involving the illegal diamond trade are the engines of Blood Diamond. The Refugee All Stars makes a realist, humanist antidote to that movie's many Hollywood trappings.
Niles and White capture the fear in the faces of the band members - but also their energetic fortitude and willingness to move on from their past suffering.
There couldn't be a better example of the healing power of art right now than Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, six musicians who fled the horrific civil war, and spent years languishing in refugee camps where they all met and came together to make music.
There couldn't be a better example of the healing power of art right now than Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, six musicians who fled the horrific civil war, and spent years languishing in refugee camps where they all met and came together to make music.
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