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‘Bruce Lee & The Outlaw’: A firsthand view of life on the streets of Romania

December 19, 2024

Globally, about 1.2 billion children live in multidimensional poverty, without access to education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation or water, according to UNICEF. December’s film of the month, Bruce Lee & The Outlaw (2018), highlights this reality in Romania, where street children come together to form a family underground with a man they call their father, known as Bruce Lee. Filmed over six years, the documentary follows young Nicu, a child growing up in extreme poverty, with drugs, and violence, and whose life is at one point saved by the film’s director, Joost Vandebrug. We had the pleasure to speak to Joost and here is what he told us about the film.

OpEn Visual Festival

December 10, 2024

Capturing Democracy at IDFA 2024

December 9, 2024

The Yazidi genocide - 10 years later: two documentaries look back at the harrowing events and explore the ongoing search for justice

November 18, 2024

'The End of the Game’: a lesson in empathy for one’s ideological enemy

October 1, 2024

54 films uploaded on THE WHY Russian YouTube channel, while Kremlin threatens to shut down platform

September 26, 2024

Frederikshavn indgår som første kommune nogensinde et ASK WHY? Docs-partnerskab

September 25, 2024

The Open University

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