Ezra
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Newton I Aduaka
Mamoudou Turay Kamara
Mariame N'diaye
Mamusu Kallon
Merveille Lukeba
Richard Gant
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ezra, a 16-year-old former child soldier who spent ten years living and fighting with a rebel faction, is questioned before a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the wake of Sierra Leone's civil war. The commissions, based on the idea of transitional justice and modeled on the one in South Africa, were meant to be not punitive but restorative, therapeutic for those whose human rights have been violated but also for the violators themselves. Ezra is in deep denial and clearly suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Only once Ezra admits his crimes, realizes how he came to commit them and repents for the suffering he has caused, will he be ready to rejoin society and make peace with himself.
Director
Newton I Aduaka
Cast
Mamoudou Turay Kamara
Mariame N'diaye
Mamusu Kallon
Merveille Lukeba
Richard Gant
Emil Abossolo Mbo
Crew
Newton I Aduaka
Newton I Aduaka
Girune Aprikian
Carlos Arango De Montis
Nicolas Baby
Alain-michel Blanc
Sophie Campana
Jean Michel Dissard
Yann Dury
Lamia Guellati
Malek Hamzaoui
Pierrick Lepochat
Michel Loro
Benedicte Mathieu
Alioune Mbow
Sttphane Thitbaut
Sebastien Touta
Guillaume Valeix
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States October 2007
Released in United States Winter February 13, 2008
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 17-November 1, 2007.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 24-May 8, 2008.)
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.)
Released in United States Winter February 13, 2008
Released in United States October 2007 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.)
