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The Boys of Baraka

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Four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Maryland, are taken 10,000 miles away to an experimental boarding school in rural Kenya, to try to take advantage of the educational opportunities they can't get in their own country.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2005-03-11

Runtime: 84 mins

Director: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing

Spoken language: English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: The Boys of Baraka

Production Companies: Loki Films

Production Countries: Kenya, United States of America

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