14 Kilometers ()
Directed by: Gerardo OlivaresCast list: Adoum Moussa, Illiassou Mahamadou Alzouma, Aminata Kanta
Country: Spain
Year: 2007
Genres: Drama / Documentary /
Runtime: 95 min.
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Buba is an auto repairman living in Niger with his brother Mukela; their village is mired in poverty, and given Buba's talent as a football player, they decide to travel to Spain, where they believe Buba might have a shot at playing as a professional. Unable to travel legally into Europe, Buba and Mukela pay a smuggler ,000 each for passage in the back of a panel truck into Algeria, where the can easily pass into Spain. Along the way, Buba and Mukela meet Violeta, a teenage girl from Mali who is escaping an arranged marriage with a man she hates. During the trip into Algeria, the three begin to have doubts about the smugglers, and their fears become reality when they're dumped in the desert fourteen kilometers from their destination.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Secondary school, 14 to 16##COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human rights /
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