Ezra / ARTE France présente ; une production Cinefacto-ARTE France ; en coproduction avec Amour Fou Filmproduktion et Sunday Morning ; en association avec Pierre Javaux Productions et Granite FilmWorks Ltd. ; scénario de Newton I. Aduaka et Alain-Michel Blanc ; idée originale et dialogues, Newton I. Aduaka.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Aduaka, Newton I., director, screenwriter.

Blanc, Alain-Michel, screenwriter.

Turay Kamara, Mamoudu, actor.

N'Diaye, Mariame, actor.

Kallon, Mamusu, actor.

Gant, Richard, 1944- actor.

Ojelade, Mercy, actor.

Abossolo, Emile, actor.

Lukeba, Merveille, 1990- actor.

Sawaneh, Abubakarr Karim, actor.

Bisi-Pedro, Ilario, actor.

Kabasiita, Cleophas, actor.

Ojo, Wale, actor.

Yankson, Yao Yankey, actor.

Arango de Montis, Carlos, director of photography.

Touta, Sebastien, editor.

Baby, Nicolas, composer.

ARTE France, producer.

Cinéfacto (Firm), producer.

Amour Fou Filmproduktion, producer.

Sunday Morning Productions (Firm), producer.

Pierre Javaux Productions, producer.

Granite FilmWorks, producer.

California Newsreel (Firm), distributor.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child soldiers--Sierra Leone--Drama.

Child soldiers.

Truth commissions--Sierra Leone--Drama.

Truth commissions.

History.

Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Drama.

Sierra Leone.

Genre:

Feature films.

Motion pictures, French.

Motion pictures, Nigerian.

Motion pictures, Austrian.

War films.

Drama.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2007]

System Details:

DVD.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Tells the story of Ezra, a young boy kidnapped and forced to become a soldier with a rebel faction in the Sierra Leone Civil War. Ten years later, he is brought before a truth and reconciliation commission and made to revisit and understand his crimes so as to begin the process of psychological healing.

Participant:

Mamoudu Turay Kamara, Mariame N'Diaye, Mamusu Kallon, Richard Gant, Mercy Ojelade, Emile Abossolo-Mbo, Merveille Lukeba, Abubakarr Karim Sawaneh, Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Cleophas Kabasiita, Wale Ojo, Yao Yankey Yankson.

Credits:

Director of photography, Carlos Arango de Montis ; chief editor, Sebastien Touta ; original music, Nicolas Baby.

Notes:

Originally produced as a feature film in 2007.

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

OCLC:

182524251