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THE BOY FROM GEITA
Directed by VIC SARIN

Date
September 26, 2019
About Project
DIRECTOR
VIC SARIN
COUNTRY
CANADA
RUNNING TIME
79 mins
YEAR
2014
LANGUAGE
ENGLISH, SWAHILI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ABOUT THE FILM
A visually heart-rending and ultimately inspiring journey, we travel into the heart of modern Tanzania where those with albinism face persecution and death simply due to the paleness of their skin. Local custom considers albino body parts good luck and high prices have made it open season on the country’s surprisingly large albino population. When twelve year old Adam survives a machete attack but loses a thumb and two fingers he is helped in his recovery by Peter, a sympathetic Canadian with albinism who arranges a trip to Vancouver to try and recover the boy’s ability to write.