Kassim The Dream
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2009 DOC U! Award
Directed by Keif Davidson
USA / 2009 / 86min / Documentary
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Kassim was forced to be a child soldier at age six. Later, he uses the army's boxing team as his ticket to the United States. He defects from Uganda and becomes Junior Middleweight Champion of the World. At twenty-seven, Kassim trains for his next world title, but in order to reunite with his family he must first seek a military pardon from the very government that abducted him so long ago.
Official Site
- 2011/10/5(Wed) 16:00 Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tokyo
- 2011/10/9(Sun) 15:00 Instituto Cervantes de Tokio
