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A Small Act is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 1 january 2010
A Small Act (2010)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 january 2010
Length 1h28
OriginUSA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about education
Rating73%
A Small Act is a documentary film produced by HBO. The documentary chronicles Chris Mburu's search for his benefactor, whose sponsorship allowed him to continue secondary school in Kenya. He would go on to earn degrees from the University of Nairobi and Harvard Law School.
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Chris Mburu is a United Nations human rights advocate. As a child in Kenya, he was a good student, but would not have been able to enter secondary school, as only Primary School is free of cost in Kenya. Due to his outstanding grades, Chris was selected for a direct scholarship, provided to him by a Swedish woman named Hilde Back, who had fled Nazi Germany because of her Jewish heritage.Comments
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