“….I ran away from war, why come here, the United States, the land of opportunity, and get into more trouble….”
Staten Island, home of 8,000 Liberian immigrants,
might have the largest concentration of child soldiers in North America. US citizens used to see these kids on CNN -carrying a Teddy bear in one hand and an AK-47 in the other- during the Liberian civil war.
Ten years later, they observe this lost generation out their window.
This story has no heroes, only survivors.New York Minute is a Six-Part miniseries written and directed by the creators of Gasface.
Produced by Nicolas Lasjaunias & Jean-François Boyer (Tetra New Media) / Joël Ronez & Silvain Gire (Arte.tv)
© Tetra New Media – Arte France – 2010
