Ezra is kidnapped as a boy by a rebel group and has to testify later about the brutal experience of becoming a child soldier.
Acting
Mamoudu Turay Kamara's haunted eyes do the heavy lifting.
Direction
Aduaka's Sierra Leone specificity over generic war-porn.
Director
Newton I. Aduaka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First Sierra Leonean film in Cannes Un Certain Regard — Aduaka made it for $500,000 after fleeing the war himself.
The real Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty to child soldiers — Ezra's fictional trial asks what justice looks like when the system itself is compromised.
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