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The African Who Wanted to Fly

Name: The African Who Wanted to Fly
Released: 2016

2016

This documentary tells the extraordinary true story of Luc Bendza, a boy from a small Gabonese town who traveled to China as a teenager, mastered martial arts, and became a kung-fu movie star working alongside Jackie Chan's crew.

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Part of 5 Essential Films from Gabon

This film is stop 5 of 5 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Gabon. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Gabon in the 196 country film challenge.