Ezra
2007 · Movie · 103 min. · Nigeria
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.
Direction Newton I. Aduaka
Cast Mamoudu Turay Kamara · Mariame N'Diaye · Mamusu Kallon · Richard Gant · Mercy Ojelade · Emile Abossolo M'bo · Merveille Lukeba · Wale Ojo
Screenplay Newton I. Aduaka · Alain-Michel Blanc
Cinematography Carlos Arango de Montis
Original title Ezra
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