Enock is six years old when he is taken to a Confucian Buddhist orphanage and given the Chinese name Alu. He becomes extremely skilled in acrobatics. Suddenly he must make a choice to reunite with the culture of Africa or to sign up for five years in order to study in Taiwan.
Watch the official Buddha in Africa 2019 trailer in HD below.
Canada 27 April 2019
France 12 February 2020
Korea 10 September 2024
Russia 07 October 2020
South Africa 06 June 2019
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Buddha in Africa:
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Malawi - Enock Alu a Malawian teenager is growing up in a Chinese-run Buddhist boarding school. Once a star performer with dreams of becoming a martial ...
Q&A for #BuddhaInAfrica by #SouthAfrican #directHER #NicoleSchafer at #Toronto #hotdocsfest . Made over a 10 year period (!) it follows a #Malawian ...
Dutch premiere at IDFA 2019 Fifteen-year-old Enock and other African ...
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