Brownstones to Red Dirt

April. 13,2010      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leonean pen pals orphaned by a civil war.

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Reviews

Ploydsge
2010/04/13

just watch it!

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Supelice
2010/04/14

Dreadfully Boring

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Peereddi
2010/04/15

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

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StyleSk8r
2010/04/16

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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