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Small Country: An African Childhood

Petit Pays

2020

A ten-year-old boy living a comfortable, carefree life in Burundi sees his world unravel as ethnic violence and the genocide in neighboring Rwanda engulf his family and community. A tender, wrenching coming-of-age drama.

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Part of 9 Movies Set in or About Rwanda

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