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My Own Country (1998)

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From the director of the acclaimed Salaam Bombay, My Own Country is based on the best-selling memoir of an Ethiopian doctor who treated HIV and AIDS patients in Johnson City in the smoky mountains of Eastern Tennessee in 1985. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 46 min.

Drama, Television

Sooni Taraporevala, Jim Leonard

Jun 13, 2000

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Mira Nair as such a gift for developing her characters, and that is what makes this film work so well. You learn to care about each person and become interested in the outcomes in their lives. Sensitively made, wonderfully acted by all.

December 22, 2009
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