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Feb 10, 2006 · "The Boys of Baraka" opens like an episode of the HBO series "The Wire," on the mean streets of Baltimore, where a group of anonymous youngsters fight and get arrested. But what looks like a ...
Jan 20, 2006 · A full 76 percent of Baltimore's African American boys do not graduate from high school. The Baraka School, a progressive educational institution in Kenya, was created to help remedy that. It's a ...
Nov 22, 2005 · The boys hail from families beset by absentee parents (such as brothers Richard and Romesh’s incarcerated father, serving time for shooting their mother in the leg) and/or substance abuse (aspiring preacher Devon’s immature, relapsing mom), and thus the Baraka School’s strict, regimented focus on studying and polite behavior becomes a ...
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From Matt Stanberry, Baltimore, MD: On March 3, 2006, Roger Ebert wrote a review of "The Boys of Baraka" in which he stated, "Here is a movie that makes you want to do something. Cry, or write a check, or howl with rage." I am writing to let you know that now there IS something that people can do to help improve the situation highlighted in the ...
Sep 12, 2006 · “The Boys of Baraka,” an award-winning film that has its television debut on PBS’s “P.O.V.” series tonight, focuses on four African-American boys given a chance to trade the mean streets ...
