Summaries

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.—California Newsreel

Details

Keywords
  • reconciliation
  • child soldier
  • sierra leone
  • sundance
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Feb 12, 2008
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom France Austria Nigeria
Language English
Filming locations Rwanda
Production companies Arte France Cinéma Amour Fou Vienna CINEFACTO

Box office

Budget $1600000
Gross worldwide $32831

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 50m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby SR
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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