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In a poverty-striken Ugandan neighborhood, Ocen meets a Coach who's impressed by his potential for track athletics which changes his life from a hustler to a hurdler inspired by John Akii Bua's success story.
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00:01This is not my place in life. I had dreams. Big ones.
00:16Ma? Ma? Have something to eat, Ma. It is small, but just eat.
00:28Life is tough, but you have to be tougher.
00:33Let me go get you more, okay?
00:47You have a story. Did you know Akibua also came from nothing?
00:50Mama, Shiro said I can run. Like Akibua.
00:56I don't think I can do this. I'm not strong like you am.
01:05On your turn! No strike! Go!
01:14We need to keep going, but where are we going?
01:17After Halloween!
01:18Fly!
01:20Fly!
01:25You are lost to all games.
01:25If you believe, when I film something for a new day,
01:25You mean?
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