Small Country: An African Childhood
“When The Innocence Of Childhood Faces History”
Drama
Gabriel, aged 10, lives in a comfortable ex-pat neighborhood in Burundi, his ‘small country’. Gabriel is a normal kid, happy, carefree and having adventures with his friends and little sister. Then in 1993, tensions in neighboring Rwanda spill over, threatening his family and his innocence.
VIBE
A tender, yet ultimately devastating look at a childhood fractured by external conflict. It captures the bittersweet beauty of youthful days before innocence is irrevocably lost. A poignant, unforgettable experience.
nostalgicheartbreakinginnocenttensemelancholicsteadycoming-of-age dramaslice-of-lifecharacter-drivenchildhood innocencepolitical unrestcultural identityloss
burundi
