A passionate, harrowing drama about rebellion, atrocity and child soldiering in Africa, Ezra is raw and violent. There's no denying the film's power, or its frankness regarding the ongoing tragedy of Africa.
Ezra
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France, Nigeria, United States · 2007
1h 45m
Director Newton I. Aduaka
Starring Mamoudu Turay Kamara, Mariame N'Diaye, Mamusu Kallon, Merveille Lukeba
Genre Drama
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Kidnapped as a child, Ezra testifies before a truth and reconciliation commission, giving an African perspective on the trauma, healing and reintegration into society of former child soldiers for the first time.
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What are critics saying?
New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
The story is hell to follow--the flashbacks aren’t in chronological order--and the nonacting variable.
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
There’s no questioning the sincerity of the filmmakers or the urgency of the subject matter, but the clumsiness with which this harrowing story of a child soldier in Africa may wear you out long before the puzzle is put together.
Aduaka's comprehensive account of an African nightmare covers a lot of important ground, making this flawed film worth seeing.
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
The film is so committed to its view of Ezra as a pawn in the psychotic game of postcolonial Africa that he is never allowed, as a character, to become more than a pawn.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
The movie’s sense of time is as vague as Ezra’s perception of it. Chaos is all he knows. Making Ezra even harder to follow, and undermining its authenticity, is the fact that its mostly African cast speaks in a heavily accented English. Mr. Kamara’s glowering lead performance, however, is riveting.
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