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War child, 18th Street Films ; in association with Interface Media Group and The Global Fund for Children ; a C. Karim Chrobug film ; directed by C. Karim Chrobug ; produced by C. Karim Chrobug, Afshin Molavi

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War child, 18th Street Films ; in association with Interface Media Group and The Global Fund for Children ; a C. Karim Chrobug film ; directed by C. Karim Chrobug ; produced by C. Karim Chrobug, Afshin Molavi
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
War child
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
405658003
Responsibility statement
18th Street Films ; in association with Interface Media Group and The Global Fund for Children ; a C. Karim Chrobug film ; directed by C. Karim Chrobug ; produced by C. Karim Chrobug, Afshin Molavi
Runtime
92
Summary
A film detailing the life of Emmanuel Jal, a victim and refugee of Sudan's civil wars. Now a successful hip-hop artist, as a seven- year-old Sudanese boy Jal was conscripted into an army as one of 10,000 child soldiers. Fighting through two separate civil wars over the course of nearly a decade, Jal survived, eventually adopted by a British aid worker. As an adult, he relates his story and his hope for peace through his activism and through popular music, recording and releasing his own work and performing with international stars
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
New fight, a new weapon
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