France/Nigeria/Austria - 2007

Ezra is a fictional tale inspired by the Sierra Leonean conflict. It is centred on one event: a drug fuelled atrocious attack on a village by rebel soldiers. The jigsaw puzzle of what occurred that night is reconstructed through the testimonies of three witnesses: Ezra, an excombatant, his sister Onitcha, a mute, and Cynthia, Ezra’s fellow exsoldier.
What is supposed to be reconciliation soon becomes a trial, as Onitcha chooses this as the arena to reveal a secret she has kept from her brother.

R/D : NEWTON I. ADUAKA

Sc : Newton I. Aduaka, Alain-Michel Blanc • Ph/C : Carlos Arango de Montis • M/Ed : Sébastien Touta • S : Alioune Mbow, Guillaume Valeix • Mus : Nicolas BABY • Déc/AD : Yann Dury • Cos : Sophie Campana • P : Cinefacto, Arte France, Amou Fou FilmProduktion, Sunday Morning • 110’ • 35 mm • F • Coul/Col • Int/Cast : Mamoudu Turay Kamara, Mariame N’Diaye, Mamusu Kallon, Richard Gant, Mercy Ojelade

Filmography

1990 Voices Behind the Wall (CM)
1994 Carnival of Silence (CM)
1997 On the Edge (CM)
Sale nègre (CM)
2001 Rage
2002 Funeral (CM)
2004 Aïcha (CM)
2006 Paris, la métisse
2007 Ezra