Omo Child: The River and the Bush (2015)

Directed by

Matthew Miller Skow, John Rowe

Genre

documentary film, drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from an Ethiopian tribe tries to convince his people to stop killing children they believe are cursed. The film follows his efforts to change a long-held tradition and save lives.

soberingeducationalearnestthoughtfulunsettlingseriousintimatehumanizing

What happens

Omo Child: The River and the Bush is a documentary film by John Rowe. It is about a young man who is on a quest to get tribes to change their beliefs and traditions. Namely their beliefs about curses. One tribe in particular had a custom of killing children that were believed to be cursed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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