What is this thing doing in here?... Who is responsible for bringing this thing? Strika,...
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Commandant:
What is this thing doing in here?... Who is responsible for bringing this thing? Strika, is it you that is bringing this thing?... Strika, untie him. So all of you grown men, it is Strika, the small boy, that is finding this prisoner. Where is 2 I-C?
[Soldiers scream 2IC]
2nd I-C:
Commandant, Sir!
Commandant:
2 I-C, What are we to be doing with this thing?
2nd I-C:
This thing? It is just a boy
Commandant:
A boy? A boy is nothing. A Boy is harmless?
[Young soldiers -Harmless no, Sir!]
Commandant:
Does a boy have two eyes to see?
[Young soldiers -Two eyes, Sir!]
Commandant:
A boy has hands to strangle and fingers to pull fingers. Why you saying a boy is nothing? huh? A boy is very, very dangerous. You understand me? Very dangerous, you understand?
2nd I-C:
Yes, Sir.
Commandant:
Strika, are you hungry? Are you wanting to be eating this thing?
[Strika shakes head]
Commandant:
Let me see your hands... Oh, you have hands like a baby. What are you doing here?... You should be telling me. If you are telling me, I will be helping you. You see, Strika is hungry. He will eat you. Huh? What are you doing here?
Agu:
The Government army killed my father... And my big brother and my father told me to run into the bush.
Commandant:
Everybody here is calling me Commandant.
[Young soldiers -how is the Commandant look?]
Commandant:
[all Right, Sir!]
Now, what are they calling you?
Agu:
[softly]
Agu
Commandant:
Oh, you must say like you are prouder!
Agu:
Agu
Commandant:
Uh-huh. Well, Agu that is what I be calling you then, eh? Leave this one under my charge. I will be training him to be a Warrior. So you can be fighting the army that is killing your father. Is that what you want ?
[Agu shakes head confirming]
Commandant:
You must be saying yes! Say yes!
Agu:
Yes
Commandant:
YES, SIR!
Agu:
Yes, Sir
Commandant:
[Saluting]
YES, SIR!
Agu:
[Stand up and Salute]
YES, SIR!
Transcript
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This thing It is just a boy
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A boy
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A boy is nothing
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A boy is harmless
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Harmless no sir
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Does a boy have two eyes to see
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Two eyes sir
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A boy has hands to strangle and fingers to pull triggers
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Why you saying a boy is nothing Huh
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A boy is very very dangerous You understand me
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Very dangerous you understand
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Very dangerous you understand Yes sir
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Huh
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Huh Yes sir
Clip duration: 33 seconds
Views: 240
Timestamp in movie: 00h 29m 04s
Uploaded: 19 March, 2022
Genres: drama, war
Summary: A drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.
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00:11 But you I will always protect you Agu because you are my son
00:32 You got this stuff from where
00:05 You want to take that bridge Yes sir
00:35 We are from this town
00:05 What is this thing doing here
00:20 Let's take that girl
00:13 Because there is no learning how to be leading
00:05 God are you watching what we are doing
00:21 God when I'm closing my eyes
00:18 I am now knowing the smell of the dead
00:37 God I have killed a man
00:36 We will not wait to inherit any wealth Huh
00:25 Why are you shining on this world
00:35 You are demoting me
00:36 Just making person to bleed everywhere
00:05 I just want to be happy in this life
00:15 All of you that have never been listened to before
00:33 This thing It is just a boy