Out of My Hand

– ‘What do you want?’ asks the trade union leader, to which the men respond as if with one voice: ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 27 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Out of My Hand (2015)

‘What do you want?’ asks the trade union leader, to which the men respond as if with one voice: change! Life is hard work on Liberia’s rubber plantations and wages are meagre. Nothing has changed for generations, but now the workers are calling for a strike and instead of grafting, the men are playing football or fishing.

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Out of My Hand (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Nov 2015

Language:

English

Director:

Takeshi Fukunaga

Writer:

Takeshi Fukunaga, Donari Braxton

Main Actors:

Bishop Blay, Zenobia Taylor, Duke Murphy Dennis, Rodney Rogers Beckley

Plot:

In the Liberian countryside, Cisco's quiet life as a rubber plantation worker is disrupted by a workers' strike. Risking everything to embark on a new life, he accepts a chance invitation to New York, where he immerses himself in its small Liberian community. But when Cisco meets Jacob, a former Liberian child soldier, he is forced to confront his difficult past. The film is a modern twist on a classic immigrant story, shot on locations in Liberia and New York. "Out of My Hand" is only the second foreign-production narrative feature film ever shot in Liberia and the first to be made in association with Liberia Movie Union, an affiliate of Liberian government. The film was premiered in the Panorama section at Berlinale and won Grand Jury Prize at LA Film Festival in 2015.

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Production:

Imperfect Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%