Small Country: An African Childhood(2020)
When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History
Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
Movie: Small Country: An African Childhood
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Michel
Yvonne
Gabriel
Mme Economopoulos
Gino
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Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
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2020-08-26
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When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History
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