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Apr 1, 2007 · Beasts of No Nation: A Novel. Hardcover – Bargain Price, April 1, 2007. In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal ...
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Beasts of No Nation. The nightmare of war is seen through the eyes of one of its most tragic casualties—a child soldier—in this harrowing vision of innocence lost from Cary Joji Fukunaga. Based on the acclaimed novel by Uzodinma Iweala, Beasts of No Nation unfolds in an unnamed, civil-war-torn West African country, where the young Agu ...
The Commandant is the main antagonist of the 2005 war novel Beasts of No Nation as well as its 2015 film adaptation of the same name. He is the leader of a Native Defense Force rebel battalion in an unnamed West African country. He recruits Agu, a preadolescent boy and the main protagonist, as a child soldier. He was portrayed by Idris Elba, who also played Russell "Stringer" Bell in The Wire ...
Oct 21, 2015 · Violence: Beasts of No Nation is a film that is brutal in its depiction of violence. Its imagery is often graphic with many brutal on-screen killings, oftentimes committed by the children themselves. The violence works in the context of the film, but it will no doubt detract many viewers. Language/Crude Humor: The film contains strong adult ...
Sep 10, 2015 · Beasts of No Nation. Agu is just a boy when war arrives at his village. His mother and sister are rescued by the UN, while he and his father remain to fight the rebels. 'Run!' shouts his father when the rebels arrive. And Agu does run. Straight into the rebels' path. In a vivid, sparkling voice, Agu tells the story of what happens to him next.
Oct 16, 2015 · Watch Beasts of No Nation with a subscription on Netflix. Beasts of No Nation finds writer-director Cary Fukunaga working with a talented cast to offer a sobering, uncompromising, yet still ...
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