February 27, 2004
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Abbas Kiarostami, Seifollah Samadian, Seyfolah Samadian
Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has often concerned himself with children striving to make the best of difficult circumstances, and this documentary finds him capturing a real-life corollary to the... read more 
DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005
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February 27, 2004
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
A gorgeous and surprisingly profound meditation on a place and its people.
August 15, 2002
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
The you-are-there style ultimately enhances ABC Africa's ability to get inside the soul of Uganda, and of the viewer. Full Review
July 20, 2002
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
A movie of seemingly limpid transparency and tremendous, understated compassion. Full Review
May 21, 2002
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
The people in ABC Africa are treated as docile, mostly wordless ethnographic extras. Full Review
May 2, 2002
A.O. Scott, New York Times
You come away from his film overwhelmed, hopeful and, perhaps paradoxically, illuminated. Full Review
April 30, 2002
J. Hoberman, Village Voice
Fulfilling his mandate to make useful publicity, Kiarostami unavoidably expressed himself. Full Review
June 5, 2008
Robert Davis, Paste Magazine
Despite the locale, ABC Africa is both new and familiar for those who know Kiarostami, and it's a great introduction for those who don't. Full Review
October 20, 2005
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Unexpectedly humane and lovely and not at all preachy. Full Review
June 24, 2005
Keith Uhlich, Slant Magazine
There is a sense here of an encroaching darkness humbly met, unburdened by one-note feelings such as fear or joy and simply experienced as a profound moment of enlightenment. Full Review
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