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Summary On September 12, 2002 twenty "at risk" 12-year-old boys from the tough streets of inner-city Baltimore left home to attend the 7th and 8th grade at Baraka, an experimental boarding school located in Kenya, East Africa. Here, faced with a strict academic and disciplinary program as well as the freedom to be normal teenage boys, these brav...

The Boys of Baraka
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Summary On September 12, 2002 twenty "at risk" 12-year-old boys from the tough streets of inner-city Baltimore left home to attend the 7th and 8th grade at Baraka, an experimental boarding school located in Kenya, East Africa. Here, faced with a strict academic and disciplinary program as well as the freedom to be normal teenage boys, these brav...

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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Production Company Loki Films
Release Date Nov 30, 2005
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating R
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Silverdocs Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination