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  1. Oct 14, 2015 · But given the historical precedents for the events, and the political unrest often seen in the region of West Africa, it'd be reasonable to wonder if Beasts of No Nation is based on a true story.

    • Katherine Cusumano
  2. Oct 16, 2015 · Written and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Beasts of No Nation” is based on Uzodinma Iweala’s harrowing, linguistically dazzling novel of a child soldier’s life. Mr. Iweala’s ...

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  4. Nov 13, 2015 · The story surrounding Netflix’s first big movie has been how unconventional—and how violent—it is. Beasts of No Nation was initially a passion project for up-and-coming director Cary Fukunaga (director of season one of True Detective). Based on the book of the same name, it tells the story of a 12-year-old boy named Agu in a nameless West ...

  5. The website's critical consensus reads, "Beasts of No Nation finds writer-director Cary Fukunaga working with a talented cast to offer a sobering, uncompromising, yet still somehow hopeful picture of war's human cost." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 79 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

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  6. Oct 16, 2015 · Beasts of No Nation, which arrives simultaneously on Netflix and in theaters Friday, is the latest example of a work that’s dissolving the distinctions between television and film.For starters ...

    • Cary Fukunaga
  7. 2005. Beasts of No Nation is a 2005 novel by the Nigerian -American author Uzodinma Iweala, [1] [2] that takes its title from Fela Kuti 's 1989 album of the same name. [3] The book won the 2005 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction [4] and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. [5] [6] It was adapted as a movie in 2015.

  8. Beasts of No Nation: Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. With Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor, Andrew Adote. A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.

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