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7.7/10   535 votes
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Genre:
Documentary more
Plot:
Four 12-year-old black boys from one of the most violent ghettos in Baltimore, Maryland, are taken 10,000... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Could have been much better. more (20 total)

Cast

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Devon Brown ... Himself
Darius Chambers ... Himself
Richard Keyser ... Himself
Justin Mackall ... Himself
Montrey Moore ... Himself
Romesh Vance ... Himself
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for some language.
Runtime:
84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA more
Company:
Loki Films more

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Climbing Mt. Kenya more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Could have been much better., 9 March 2007
6/10
Author: magellan333 from Chattanooga, TN

This documentary had potential to be really great. Instead, it comes across and incomplete and mediocre. The story focuses on four of the boys who go to the school in Africa. Not much is shared with the viewer about the school. It'd have been nice to know who the counselors were, why they were there and some more information about the school. More history about the four boys chosen would have been good too. The documentary follows the boys for over a year, but it the documentary is just over an hour and a half. Such a long time is covered a in a very short time. The documentary provides little information about the challenges the boys face as well. It left me wanting to know more and this is something a documentary should not do.

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