Storyville

Why Democracy? Part 3: Iron Ladies of Liberia (2007x37)

Air date: Oct 06, 2007

When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first ever elected female head of state, filmmakers Siatta Scott-Johnson and Daniel Junge were there to follow her. It was the start of an extraordinary year they spent with the Liberian president as she struggled to take control of a country devastated by years of civil war.