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Season 19 Episode 9 - The Boys of Baraka
Devon, Montrey, Richard, and Romesh are just at that age — 12 and 13 years old — when boys start to become men. But in their hometown of Baltimore, one of the country’s most poverty-stricken cities for inner-city residents, African-American boys have a very high chance of being incarcerated or killed before they reach adulthood. The boys are offered an amazing opportunity in the form of the Baraka school, a project founded to break the cycle of violence through an innovative education program that literally removed young boys from low-performing public schools and unstable home environments. They travel with their classmates to rural Kenya in East Africa, where a teacher-student ratio of one to five, a strict disciplinary program and a comprehensive curriculum form the core of their new educational program. The Boys of Baraka follows along with their journey, and examines each boy’s transformation during this remarkable time. Winner of awards at the Newport, Chicago, Woodstock and SILVERDOCS Film Festivals. A co-presentation with the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Produced in association with P.O.V./American Documentary.
Episodes in Season 19
No More Tears Sister
60 min
Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball
60 min
Tintin and I
60 min
The Fall of Fujimori
60 min
The Tailenders
60 min
Al Otro Lado
60 min
Lomax the Songhunter
60 min
Waging a Living
60 min
The Boys of Baraka
60 min
Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela
60 min
No Bigger Than a Minute
60 min
Maquilapolis: City of Factories
60 min
My Country, My Country
60 min
Lawn
60 min
