Sentences with phrase «african child soldiers»

From Muhammad Ali protesting the Vietnam War to African child soldiers, Zeph creates a broad spectrum of works providing insight into what he describes

Russia Today has been spotted using a screenshot from Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain in a political commentary report on African child soldiers.

For example, the scene where African child soldiers were trained by their masters (E3 2013) or Snake screaming while covered in blood (E3 2014) are not in the game that was released earlier this month.

«Beasts of No Nation» Cary Joji Fukunaga's gritty drama about African child soldiers has drawn raves, but most overcome its limited theatrical release by Netflix.

«The US critics» association said the Ghanaian's debut as an African child soldier was «one of the strongest and most phenomenal we have ever seen» and said he had «a very bright future ahead of him».

It tells the tale of an African child soldier (Abraham Attah) who is taught to fight in the country's civil war by a monstrous warlord (played by Idris Elba).

A taut teen drama about a former African child soldier coming to terms with London life who witnesses a stabbing that stirs memories from the past.

There will be an African Child Soldier there to tell you about African Child Soldiers.

Not exact matches

Joseph Kony, an African warlord who has kidnapped children and forced them to become soldiers for decades, was the face of a 30 - minute YouTube video that went viral back in March 2012.

After the bombs on the Paris Metro and a TGV line in 1995, there were no significant Islamist attacks until the fire - bombing of the Charlie Hebdo office in November 2011, and the killings of three French soldiers (all of North African origin) and three Jewish children (and one teacher) by Mohamed Merah in Toulouse four months later.

The movie is a drama based on the experiences of Agu (played by Abraham Attah), a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed West African country.

With its focus on Central African youth in peril, interludes of dreamy stylization and non-native directorial perspective, «White Shadow» will routinely be compared to Kim Nguyen's recent, Oscar - nominated child - soldier study «War Witch» — which also, as it happens, featured a significant albino character.

Based on the highly acclaimed novel, director Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation brings to life the gripping tale of Agu (newcomer Abraham Attah), a child soldier torn from his family to fight in the civil war of an African country.

Beasts of No Nation is based on the highly acclaimed novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala, bringing to life the gripping tale of Agu, a child soldier torn from his family to fight in the civil war of an African country.

Call of Duty: World War 2 takes players back to the European theater in 1944 and 1945, and features an American platoon as well as a cast of side characters including women resistance fighters, a soldier in an African - American unit (the U.S. Army was still segregated in WWII), a British officer and even a child.

Starring Idris Elba and newcomer Abraham Attah, the film is based on the novel by Uzodinma Iweala, centering on the young Agu (Attah), a child soldier tragically separated from his family and forced to join a band of rebels in the civil war of an African country led by Commandant (Elba) who takes in... Read

The details: Based on the Uzodinma Iweala novel of the same name, Beasts Of No Nation follows a young orphan (Abraham Attah) forced to be a child soldier in an unnamed African country under the watch of a brutal commandant (Idris Elba).

A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.

Fukuanga adapts a novel by Uzodinma Iweala about child soldiers in an unnamed African country, with Idris Elba playing highly influential Commandant character.

She adds, «Success for an African writer... depends on the West, [and Western publishers want] savage entertainment: stories about ethnic cleansing, child soldiers, human trafficking... the stereotypes Africans abhor.»

And here was Bioshock not 3 months ago kicking dust over its characters and topics concerning religion, relationships, and racism (for whatever this last one was worth) before release — and Metal Gear Solid comes along and makes everyone gloss over creepy realistically rendered child African soldiers.

Cesare Lucchini's second exhibition at rosenfeld porcini pursues his exploration of certain dramatic events, which have and continue to afflict contemporary society such as the oil slick disaster in Mexico (2010), the boat tragedies off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, and African conflicts — more specifically the use of child soldiers.

With Melissa Mboweni as curator of the project and collaborations with photographer Jurie Potgieter and singers Thandiswa Mazwai and Zaki Ibrahim, Chiurai references child soldiers, African liberation movements, and civil wars.