Cinematheque: FESPACO Series

The 2007 winner of FESPACO’s most prestigious award, L’Etalon de Yenenga, Ezra is the first African film to address the disturbing practice of abducting children for military service in the continent’s recent civil wars. 16-year-old Ezra has to appear before his country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The week-long hearing is intercut with flashbacks to crucial moments during Ezra’s ten years in the rebel faction that made him who he is. Newton Aduaka, Nigeria, 2007, 35mm, color, 110 min.