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Beasts of No Nation is a 2015 American war drama film written, co-produced, shot, and directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. It follows a young boy who becomes a child soldier as his country experiences a horrific civil war.
Oct 16, 2015 · Based on a novel by Uzodinma Iweala, the film follows Agu, a boy who joins a rebel army in an unnamed African country. Idris Elba stars as the ruthless commander, and Abraham Attah as the young protagonist.
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- Drama, War
- Cary Joji Fukunaga
- 2015-10-16
Beasts of No Nation, A Netflix Original Film. When civil war tears his family apart, a young West African boy is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters ...
- 2 min
- 14.7M
- Netflix
When civil war tears his family apart, a young West African boy is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters and transform into a child soldier. Watch trailers & learn more.
- 137 min
Beasts of No Nation is a 2005 novel by the Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala, that takes its title from Fela Kuti's 1989 album of the same name. The book won the 2005 Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. It was adapted as a movie in 2015.
- Uzodinma Iweala
- 2005
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...
Oct 16, 2015 · Beasts of No Nation finds writer-director Cary Fukunaga working with a talented cast to offer a sobering, uncompromising, yet still somehow hopeful picture of war's human cost. Read...
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- War, Drama
