{"id":9497,"date":"2015-09-16T05:21:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T05:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=9497"},"modified":"2015-09-16T05:22:11","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T05:22:11","slug":"street-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/street-vendor","title":{"rendered":"A 14 Year Old Street Vendor From Ghana Impresses The World At The Venice Film Festival\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Even though this was his first ever movie role, and he was acting alongside Idris Elba, he managed to stand out. The teenager won the Marcello Mastroianni&#8217;s Best Young Actor Award at the 2015 Venice Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>He has raw talent<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abraham\u2019s story is incredible.\u00a0<\/span>The director reported that the boy, who used to work as a street vendor, was\u00a0playing hooky from school that day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0&#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We were playing football on our school field when a white man came and said, \u2018We need some boys for a movie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u2019\u201d the young boy told a press conference in Venice. &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We went to a TV station in Ghana for an audition and&#8230;I was cast<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9499\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/17_Beasts-of-No-Nation-620x350.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/17_Beasts-of-No-Nation-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/17_Beasts-of-No-Nation-620x350-600x339.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/17_Beasts-of-No-Nation-620x350-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/filmnews.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/17_Beasts-of-No-Nation-620x350.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A powerful film<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The movie is based on a 2005 novel by Nigerian author Uzodinma Iweala. The story follows a brutal civil war plaguing an unnamed West African country. In the intense film Abraham plays the part of Agu, a boy who is orphaned and then recruited as a child soldier in the civil war. Golden Globe-winning actor Idris Elba plays a savage warlord who takes the young boy under his wing and trains him into a killer. Viewers witness how an innocent soul cross over to darkness and how such violence is justified to these brainwashed young children. Elba\u2019s performance is also being praised; one critic says his performance is chilling. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9500\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/15_beastsofnonation.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/15_beastsofnonation.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/15_beastsofnonation-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/15_beastsofnonation-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funx.nl\/images\/2015\/09\/15_beastsofnonation.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>He impressed professionals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The film&#8217;s Emmy award winning director Cary Fukunaga said that Abraham has \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">zero film experience, little education&#8230;but he became a somewhat professional actor, which was astounding to watch<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d The judges of the Venice film festival clearly agreed; many stated it was as if he had been performing all his life. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One review<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> states that \u00a0he<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em> \u201cplays Agu with a grave, soulful reserve that belies the fact that this is his first-ever screen performance. The actor has haunting scenes\u2026\u201d<\/em> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is already Oscar buzz surrounding the movie. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beasts of No Nation <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">becomes available on Netflix and selected movie theaters on October 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9501\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Abraham-Attah.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Abraham-Attah.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Abraham-Attah-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/Abraham-Attah-85x48.jpg 85w\" 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