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James Brabazon



When this film was shot, Brabazon had spent many months the previous year travelling with, and filming, the LURD rebels. He was the only journalist to have filmed them at that time.

James Brabazon

Attack on Monrovia is the result of his second trip into Liberia. Entering Liberia undercover, with assistant producer Tim Hetherington, Brabazon marched with the rebels and spent 1 month filming.



The film shows the rebels arming and preparing themselves, the close combat as they made their second attack on the Liberian capital, and their retreat as, running out of ammunition, the rebels were driven back, navigating and barely surviving government ambushes.



Having seen higher than usual numbers of rebels wounded or killed, Brabazon decided the situation was far too dangerous for them to continue filming and it was time to withdraw from Liberia.



The British High Commission in Sierra Leone arranged for the usually closed Mano River Bridge that links Liberia and Sierra Leone to be opened, which provided them with a safe passage out of the conflict area.





Later, Brabazon discovered that because his reporting from rebel-occupied Monrovia was directly contradicting their press information, the Liberian government had issued a death warrant againt the crew, and had actually dispatched soldiers to find and kill them.



Biography



James Brabazon read history at Cambridge. As a frontline journalist filming, photographing, producing and directing in the world's most hostile environments.



Brabazon has worked in over 50 countries, including Afghanistan, China, the United States, Ecuador, Eritrea. For the last 10 years, James has travelled extensively through Africa and Asia for Camerapix,



Based in London and specializing in conflict and politics, James’s exclusive access to Africa's most ruthless conflict produced unique footage of intense frontline combat, and has been broadcast to critical acclaim on the BBC's flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight.



James's film about the LURD rebels was nominated for the annual "Best Television News Feature" by the One World Broadcasting Trust.



James's work with Camerapix has appeared on, the SABC, BBC, TVNZ, SKY, CNN and The Discovery Channel, as well as in Newsweek, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Guardian. His international reportage has also been used extensively by Amnesty International and Save the Children.