Kassim

The Kassim the Dream DVD is coming soon. Please submit to our mailing list and we will notify you when it is available. This is the story of World Champion Boxer, Kassim "The Dream" Ouma - born in Uganda, kidnapped by the rebel army and trained to be a child soldier at the age of 6. When the rebels took over the government, Kassim became an army so... ldier who was forced to commit many horrific atrocities, making him both a victim and perpetrator. He soon discovered the armys boxing team and realized the sport was his ticket to freedom. After 12 years of warfare, Kassim defected from Africa and arrived in the United States. Homeless and culture shocked, he quickly rose through the boxing ranks and became Junior Middleweight Champion of the World. Kassim, now age 27, seems to have obtained the American Dream with his jovial nature, fame and hip hop lifestyle. As Kassim trains for his next world title fight against Jermain Taylor in Little Rock Arkansas, keeping his demons out of the ring becomes increasingly difficult. His desires to reunite with family in Uganda intensify when Kassims only hope for a safe return is a military pardon from the president and government responsible for his abduction. From the director of The Devils Miner, Kief Davidson received unprecedented access to Kassim Ouma during a pivotal time in the boxers career. Filmed in cinema verite, current events are skillfully woven in with brutal revelations of a stolen childhood. The parallels reveal a complex and haunted fighter surviving against incredible odds. Kief Davidson is an award-winning feature film and documentary director born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His previous film, "The Devils Miner", World Premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2005 and won over a dozen awards at International Film Festivals including Tribeca, Hot Docs, Chicago, Woodstock, Jerusalem and Mexico City. He received the prestigious DGA Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Directing and won the coveted PBS Independent Lens Audience ...Read More