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War child

A film detailing the life of Emmanuel Jal, a victim and refugee of Sudan's civil wars. Now a successful hip-hop artist, as a seven- year-old Sudanese boy Jal was conscripted into an army as one of 10,000 child soldiers. Fighting through two separate civil wars over the course of nearly a decade, Jal survived, eventually adopted by a British aid worker. As an adult, he relates his story and his hope for peace through his activism and through popular music, recording and releasing his own work and performing with international stars.

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  • "Emmanuel Jal : war child"
  • "New fight, a new weapon"@en

http://schema.org/description

  • "Emmanuel Jal was born in Tonj, Warrap State in Southern Sudan to a Dinka family. When he was seven years old his mother was killed by Muslim government soldiers. His father was fighting with the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) so Jal tried to walk to Ethiopia to get an education. However he was taken to military training camps and taught to fight. This documentary tells the shocking story of the civil war in Sudan and how Jal became a ruthless child soldier."
  • "A film detailing the life of Emmanuel Jal, a victim and refugee of Sudan's civil wars. Now a successful hip-hop artist, as a seven- year-old Sudanese boy Jal was conscripted into an army as one of 10,000 child soldiers. Fighting through two separate civil wars over the course of nearly a decade, Jal survived, eventually adopted by a British aid worker. As an adult, he relates his story and his hope for peace through his activism and through popular music, recording and releasing his own work and performing with international stars."@en

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  • "Biography"
  • "Biography"@en
  • "Biographical films"@en
  • "Nonfiction films"@en
  • "Personal narratives"@en
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"

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  • "War child"
  • "War child"@en