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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 ...
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- A.O. Scott
- 137 min
- Allah Is Not Obliged, by Ahmadou Kourouma
- A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah
- What Is The What, by Dave Eggers
- Girl at War, by Sarah Novic
- Child Soldier, by China Keitetsi
- Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War, by Michel Chikwanine
Originally published in French as Allah n'est pas obligé, this novel plays out in Liberia, telling the story of a young boy named Birahima who is sucked into the civil war when his mother dies. Kourouma was a renowned Ivoirian writer who received the Prix Renaudot and the Prix Goncourt de lycéens, two prestigious francophone literary prizes.
The stunning debut memoir from former Sierra Leonian child soldier Ishmael Beah recounts his two years of military service as well as his time in United Nations refugee camps and his ultimate flight from Sierra Leone. Beah then published a novel entitled Radiance of Tomorrow, but A Long Way Gonestill stands out as his most essential work.
Dave Eggers, novelist, memoirist, and founder of McSweeney's, wrote a non-fiction novel based on the account of Valentino Achak Deng, a young Sudanese refugee and one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan." It spends equal energy describing the efforts of such a young man to assimilate in Atlanta, Georgia, where he finds himself after the war, and flashing ba...
Girl at War, Sara Novic's first novel, tracks its protagonist across a decade, from her youth in war-torn Yugoslavia to her haunted adolescence as a student at a New York college. She returns to her childhood home to confront her demons, and in the process the novel reveals the far-reaching impact of a childhood infused with the violence of war.
China Keitetsi was conscripted into the National Resistance Army in Uganda at just eight years old, and her story is woven into the history of the Ugandan Civil War for over a decade. Since writing her memoir, Keitetsi has become an outspoken activist against child conscription in conflicts around the world.
Michel Chikwanine, a former child soldier in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and current University of Toronto student, co-authored a graphic memoir based on his experiences with Jessica Dee Humphreys. It's aimed at a younger audience, intended to expose young people ages 10-14 to the atrocities of war in a way that they can understand. Graphi...
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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
Oct 16, 2015 · Based on the same-titled novel by Uzodinma Iweala, a Nigerian doctor and sociologist who began the story as a thesis project at Harvard, the movie immediately puts us in the shoes (and sometimes bare feet) of its hero, eight year old Agu (Abraham Attah). He narrates parts of the movie in a mostly embittered but occasionally lyrical voice-over ...
Parents Need to Know. Parents need to know that Beasts of No Nation is a brutal, uncompromising look at the life of a young guerilla fighter in an unnamed African country. . Based on the book by Uzodinma Iweala, the story is told from young Agu's point of view as he narrates the horrifying events that shatter his l
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Renee Schonfeld
- Abraham Attah, Idris Elba
Sep 7, 2021 · 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 (Abraham Attah, in a haunting debut performance) witnesses carnage in his village before falling captive to a band of rebel soldiers led by a ruthless commander (an explosive Idris Elba), who molds ...
Oct 12, 2015 · This isn’t to dampen the experience, but to verify the authenticity of a cinematic experience. “Beasts of No Nation” is based on a novel carefully compiling numerous true accounts merged into the story of a child solider. An element worth dissecting is that this story does not take place in a specific location, instead opting for an ...
