Folleh Tamba
Folleh Tamba, Director
Folleh Tamba was born in Chicago , Ill. His parents sent him to Sierra Leone ( West Africa ) his mother’s home Country; when he was 13 months old while his parents were earning their degrees at American universities and was raised temporarily by his grandmother. His parents returned to Liberia in 1986 and he moved to live with them in Liberia in 1987. (West Africa; Monrovia ; Liberia ).
His mother escaped after the 1990 civil war to bring Folleh and his siblings to America for a better life and education. Life in Liberia during the daily four plus years of civil war was short and brutal. America was a place to escape for a better life. Folleh came to the states, finished high School earned a BFA in film and video and another BA in Justice Studies form Northeastern Illinois University . He is currently serving as a rifleman in the Marine Corps. Folleh is currently in pre-deployment training for another seven month tour, his third, in Iraq .
Official GIFF Selection: Triangle of Death
