This is a great film.  If you want to learn more about Liberia, if you want to hear from some inspiring people, if you like to watch surfing, go see it!  Below is the synopsis from the SF Indie Film Festival Sliding Liberia page.  If you can't make it to this showing, or just want to learn more, check out the Sliding Liberia official website or their MySpace profile to see where else it is showing.

Synopsis:

Dude, who knew the search for the perfect point break could also be a powerful journey of social awakening? Or that surfing could be a sign of hope for a country that’s been to hell and back? Traveling in the war-torn West African nation of Liberia, a young surfer discovers much more than killer waves (though he finds those too) and invites three of his American surfer friends to join him for the experience of a lifetime.

As they travel through the country in a beat-up taxicab, it becomes eminently clear that Liberia is not a typical surfing destination. With the recent war etched into the landscape, security can be sketchy, and privileged white kids in a poor black nation can seem way out of their element. But a search for waves soon turns into an inspirational quest for understanding, as the foursome records the heartwrenching stories of Liberians they meet along the way—people like Alfred, who became Liberia’s first surfer after finding a bodyboard while fleeing from rebels—and find that surfing is a strangely unifying force.

Local first-time filmmaker Britton Caillouette’s spectacular debut challenges the conventional surf film genre by combining a classic surf aesthetic with a social documentary ethos, while keeping the awesome water-soaked surfing footage and reggae-tinged soundtrack vibrantly intact.