The Athlete
Biopic/ documentary hybrid about Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila.

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District 9
A government agent joins the cause of ghettoised aliens he has come to evict.
Flame
Story of the Zimbabwe War of Liberation as seen through the eyes of to female freedom fighters.

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Johnny Mad Dog
As civil war rages in an unnamed African country, the lives of a boy soldier and a young girl fleeing the fighting become intertwined.
Keepers Of Memory
Survivors of the Rwandan genocide talk about living with the aftermath.

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The Reckoning: The Battle For The International Criminal Court
A battle of monumental proportions unfolds as International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo faces down warlords, genocidal dictators and world superpowers in bringing perpetrators of crimes against humanity to justice.
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