The Gonzo Documentary That Has Liberia’s Government Nervous

In The Ambassador, Danish filmmaker Mads Brügger heads to the Central African Republic “with plans to open a match factory staffed by pygmies. His real aim, though, is to worm his way into the upper echelons of government and smuggle out a swag of diamonds under the guise of diplomatic immunity” – with Liberian credentials purchased from a corrupt official in Monrovia. Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wants to prosecute Brügger; the CAR government appears not to care.