Firestone and the Warlord

Name: Firestone and the Warlord
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-11-18
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Jon Lee Anderson, Samuel K. Doe, Charles Taylor, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, James K. Bishop

November 18, 2014
Directed by
Marcela Gaviria

The untold story of The Firestone Tire Company, Charles Taylor, and the forgotten tragedy of Liberia.

Last Updated: November 10, 2025

Cast

Jon Lee Anderson

Self - Reporter

Samuel K. Doe

Self - Former Liberian President (archive footage)

Charles Taylor

Self - Former Liberian President (archive footage)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Self - President of Liberia

James K. Bishop

Self - Former US Ambassador to Liberia

Elizabeth Blunt

Self - BBC Reporter

John Chapman

Self - Former Firestone Employee

Sarah Childress

Self - Reporter

Edwin Cisco

Self - Official, Firestone Workers Union

Herman J. Cohen

Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State

Peter John De Vos

Self - US Ambassador to Liberia (archive footage)

Elwood Dunn

Self - Historian

Donald Emsminger

Self - Former Firestone Executive (archive footage)

Ken Gerhart

Self - Firestone Executive

Dennis Jett

Self - American Ambassador

Firestone and the Warlord

November 18, 2014Directed byMarcela Gaviria

Cast

Jon Lee Anderson

Self - Reporter

Samuel K. Doe

Self - Former Liberian President (archive footage)

Charles Taylor

Self - Former Liberian President (archive footage)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Self - President of Liberia

James K. Bishop

Self - Former US Ambassador to Liberia

Elizabeth Blunt

Self - BBC Reporter

John Chapman

Self - Former Firestone Employee

Sarah Childress

Self - Reporter

Edwin Cisco

Self - Official, Firestone Workers Union

Herman J. Cohen

Self - Former Assistant Secretary of State

Peter John De Vos

Self - US Ambassador to Liberia (archive footage)

Elwood Dunn

Self - Historian

Donald Emsminger

Self - Former Firestone Executive (archive footage)

Ken Gerhart

Self - Firestone Executive

Dennis Jett

Self - American Ambassador

November 18, 2014
Directed by
Marcela Gaviria