New Boy
Dramaimmigrantguntraumabullyingracismafricanirelandschool teacherbased on short storyschoolboyafrican boydiscrimination
A stark, intimate portrait of a traumatized African child confronting racism and bullying in an Irish school, where institutional indifference compounds personal suffering.
A young African boy with a haunting backstory starts school in Ireland and quickly finds out exactly what it means to be the new kid. Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.
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