Freetown is a 2015 biopic film based on a true story[1] about missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Liberia seeking to escape the 1990 Liberian Civil War to safety in bordering Sierra Leone.

[2] Philip Abubakar, a local branch leader for the LDS church, and six African missionaries for the faith (Elders Menti, Meyers, Gaye, Nyanforth, Selli and Forkpah) are stuck in Monrovia during the First Liberian Civil War.

Prevented from conducting missionary work due to the war, they create a plan to escape to the northern border with Sierra Leone, so they can continue preaching without the fear of being killed.

The seven escapees crowd into an old, red five-seat sedan driven by Abubakar, with the Biblical passage "Mark 9:24" written on the back ("And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief").

[5] The film was nominated for several Ghana Movie Awards: Actor in a Leading Role (Henry Adofo), Screenplay (Melissa Leilani Larson and Garrett Batty), Original Score (Kirk Sharpe), Visual Effects (Davin Bekins), Production Design (Albert Aidoo and Courage Wormenor), Cinematography (Jeremy Prusso), Sound Editing and Mixing (George Dankwa), Directing (Garrett Batty), and Best Picture.