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The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion 2010
Categories: U.S. Documentary Competition
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Run time: 84 min. | U.S.A. | color
Joshua Milton Blahyi, aka General Butt Naked, murdered thousands during Liberia’s horrific 14-year civil war. Today this once-brutal warlord has renounced his sadistic past and reinvented himself as evangelist Joshua Milton Blahyi. In a riveting cinema vérité journey that unfolds over the course of five years, filmmakers Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion follow Blahyi’s unrelenting crusade to redeem his life. Facing those he once terrorized, preaching where he once murdered, Blahyi is on a quest to save his soul.
Can a man really change? Should we be judged by what we have done, or by who we are now? Whatever you make of him—liar or madman, charlatan or genuine repentant— General Butt Naked is certainly a mesmerizing character. Challenging our preconceived notions of evil, justice, and faith, this shocking story of one man’s remarkable journey will resonate with anyone who has ever questioned his or her capacity to forgive.
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Eric Strauss
Email: ericjasonstrauss@gmail.com
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About the film
Cast & Crew
director
Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion
 
executive producer
Gregory Henry, David Shadrack Smith
producer
Daniele Anastasion, Eric Strauss
composer
Justin Melland
cinematographer
Eric Strauss, Ryan Hill, Peter Hutchens
editor
Jeremy Siefer
coproducers
Ryan Hill, Ryan Lobo
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Rated 4.0/5 Stars
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fascinating, disturbing and yet very human and hopeful... well worth seeing.
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