Ezra is the first film to give an African perspective on the disturbing phenomenon of abducting child soldiers into the continent’s recent civil wars. Ezra is structured around the week-long questioning of a 16 year old boy, Ezra, before a version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, created in Sierra Leone in 2002 in the wake of its decade long civil war. This hearing is then inter-cut with chronological flashbacks to pivotal moments during Ezra’s ten years in the rebel faction which made him who he is. |
||
Ratings: | IMDB: 6.5/10 | |
Released: | February 13, 2008 | |
Runtime: | 110 min | |
Genres: | Drama | |
Companies: | Film Forum Amour Fou Filmproduktion ARTE France Cinéma CINEFACTO CNC Fat City Granite FilmWorks Production Pierre Javaux Productions Sunday Morning Productions | |
Cast: | Richard Gant Mariame N'Diaye Mamoudu Turay Kamara Mamusu Kallon | |
Crew: | Newton I. Aduaka Alain-Michel Blanc | |
Lulusbay : That was fun... I would so like a Mr Darcy...