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Summary
A young Kenyan's life changes drastically when his education is sponsored by a Swedish stranger. Years later, he founds his own scholarship program to replicate the kindness he once received.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+12)
Critics 88Audiences 76GoodWatch 73
Tomatometer88%
Audience score77%
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −8 min on the typical 96
typical 9688Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
2010
January 21, 2010
16 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
KikuyuSwedishSwahiliMade in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Jennifer Arnold Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Thomas Schlesinger Story
Production · 1
- Joan Huang Executive Producer
Other crew · 1
- Patti Lee Cinematography
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