Name: The Boys of Baraka
Released: 2006-09-12

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S19 · E9 — The Boys of Baraka

S19:E9 · The Boys of Baraka

Episodes

14 episodes in this season

No More Tears Sister

60 min

Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball

60 min

Tintin and I

60 min

The Fall of Fujimori

60 min

The Tailenders

60 min

Al Otro Lado

60 min

Lomax the Songhunter

60 min

Waging a Living

60 min

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The Boys of Baraka

60 min

E10

Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela

60 min

E11

No Bigger Than a Minute

60 min

E12

Maquilapolis: City of Factories

60 min

E13

My Country, My Country

60 min

E14

Lawn

60 min

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19881h6.9

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The Boys of Baraka

Season 19 · Episode 9 · Sep 12, 2006

Devon, Montrey, Richard, and Romesh are just at that age — 12 and 13 years old — when boys start to become men. But in their hometown of Baltimore, one of the country’s most poverty-stricken cities for inner-city residents, African-American boys have a very high chance of being incarcerated or killed before they reach adulthood. The boys are offered an amazing opportunity in the form of the Baraka school, a project founded to break the cycle of violence through an innovative education program that literally removed young boys from low-performing public schools and unstable home environments. They travel with their classmates to rural Kenya in East Africa, where a teacher-student ratio of one to five, a strict disciplinary program and a comprehensive curriculum form the core of their new educational program. The Boys of Baraka follows along with their journey, and examines each boy’s transformation during this remarkable time. Winner of awards at the Newport, Chicago, Woodstock and SILVERDOCS Film Festivals. A co-presentation with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Produced in association with P.O.V./American Documentary.

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19881h6.9

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The Boys of Baraka

Season 19 · Episode 9 · Sep 12, 2006

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