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Goodbye Solo
USA, 2008, 91 min.
Solo (Souléymane Sy Savané), a Senegalese taxi driver living in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, strikes up a relationship with a 70-year-old passenger (Red West) who is bent on suicide.... more
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Heart of Fire
Kenya, 2008, 94 min.
Set in Eritrea during the last stages of the second Ethiopian civil war in the early '80s, Heart of Fire traces the story of young Awet, who is taken from a Catholic orphanage and reunited with her father, a former freedom fighter, only to be conscripted into service as a child soldier.... more
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Hope Eternal
United Kingdom, 2008, 120 min.
Scarred by years of abuse, Hope is a young Madagascan nurse who has dedicated her life to helping other abused street kids get well. Through her humanitarian efforts Hope meets Evan, a Welsh doctor who wins over both her and her daughter Bantu's heart.... more
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Jerusalema
South Africa, 2008, 118 min.
A poor boy in rural South Africa grows up to become the country's self-proclaimed Robin Hood, hijacking groups of buildings from white slumlords and offering to sell them back in exchange for improved living conditions.... more
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Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
USA, 2008, 93 min.
Trailing two new recruits and two veteran aid workers at field hospitals in Liberia and the Congo, this candid and often shocking documentary gets inside the minds of the volunteers of Doctors Without Borders — people who push their own limits to make a difference.... more
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
USA, 2008, 86 min.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell is the moving account of the women of Liberia who, after decades of watching their families slaughtered by bloodthirsty warlords, banded together for peace. Gini Reticker's stunning film serves as a testament to humanity's best in the face of humanity's worst.... more
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Skin
South Africa, 2008, 107 min.
A genetic abnormality caused Sandra Laing, born of white parents in South Africa, to look like a black person. This strange twist fuels Anthony Fabian's strong drama, based on a true story. Sophie Okonedo is superb in the lead, as are Sam Neill and Alice Krige as her parents.... more
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Zrubavel
Israel, 2008, 72 min.
This first feature-length Israeli drama created by Ethiopian-Israeli filmmakers centers on a multigenerational family of Ethiopian émigrés and poignantly shows the younger generation trying to assimilate with Israeli culture and disregarding the customs cherished by their elders.... more
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