2021 /  

Finalist

MY BROTHER’S KEEPER

Director & Producer: Laurence Topham,

 Laurence Topham

A former Guantánamo detainee and his American prison guard reunite in Nouakchott, Mauritania – rekindling an unlikely friendship that changed both of their lives forever.

12-year-old Tatheer embarks on a week-long Police boot camp for girls from a social housing estate in Copenhagen. Far from home, deep in the woods, she navigates grueling rituals, elusive social dynamics, and personal setbacks to find her place in this tender and revealing coming-of-age story.

2020 |  

21 min

Mauritania

Languages: English

AWARD:

Special Mention

Type:

Doc Short

Themes:

Human Rights

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