© 2026 The Couch Critic
Status
Released
Release
2014
Runtime
1h 24m
Available options inUS
The secret relationship between the American tire company Firestone and the infamous Liberian warlord Charles Taylor.
The untold story of The Firestone Tire Company, Charles Taylor, and the forgotten tragedy of Liberia.
21 Cast Members
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
Will Lyman
Self - Narrator
Scott Stearns
Self - Reporter
Amos Sawyer
Self - Former Liberian President
John T. Richardson
Self - Former Advisor to Charles Taylor
Lu Olkowski
Self - Reporter