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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. From the Director of Death of a President this Bafta nominated story is based on the real-life experiences of Mende Nazer. Twelve-year-old Malia, is abducted from her village by Arab militia and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum. After six years she is sent to London, where her name is changed, but her miserable life of servitude continues. Her passport is taken and she is told that her father will die if she goes to the authorities. Fortunately she meets a sympathetic person who seems to offer her the hope of escape and reunion with her family. Actors: Wunmi Mosaku, Isaach De Bankole Directors: Gabriel Range Language: English Number of discs: 1 Classification: 15 Release Date: 22 August 2011 Run Time: 90 minutes

Feature-length Channel 4 thriller looking at the plight of African children sold into modern-day slavery. Wunmi Mosaku stars as Malia, a Sudanese girl who is abducted from her home in a small mountain village during the civil war and forced to work as a domestic slave first in North Africa and later in London. Stripped of her passport and identity, Malia suffers in silence until it becomes clear that if she cannot find some way to escape, her already hopeless situation could end in tragedy. Meanwhile, her doting father (Isaach De Bankolé) continues his tireless search for her.