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Africa United (2005)

Africa United poster
Directed by
Olaf de Fleur
Genre
documentary film, association football film
Country
Iceland
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Zakaria Anbari, who moves from Morocco to Iceland looking for a better life. The film follows his journey across multiple countries.

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What happens

Africa United is a 2005 Icelandic documentary film directed by Ólaf de Fleur Jóhannesson. The original musical score is by Barði Jóhannsson. The film explores the life of Zakaria Anbari who moves to Iceland from Morocco in search of fortune. The film premiered at the 2005 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It won the Documentary of the Year at the 2005 Edda Awards. It also received nominations for Director of the Year and Script of the Year at the 2005 Edda Awards. Africa United was filmed in Iceland, England, Morocco and Serbia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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