Ballad of the Little Soldier
Leaving April 30
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46m
Directed by Werner Herzog • 1984 • West Germany
Focusing on a group of Nicaraguan Miskito Indians embroiled in a civil war against the Sandinistas they once called allies, BALLAD OF THE LITTLE SOLDIER takes an intimate look at the conflict from the perspective of the children being used by the Miskito to form their resistance.
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