Bowling for Columbine vs Leaving Africa

Bowling for Columbine has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 1/10 for Leaving Africa). Leaving Africa is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 2h . Bowling for Columbine is the older of the two (2002 against 2015). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Bowling for Columbine posterBowling for Columbine2002 VS Leaving Africa posterLeaving Africa2015
Bowling for ColumbineLeaving Africa
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 1.0/10
Year20022015
Length2h 1h 24m
GenresCrime, Documentary, DramaDocumentary, Drama
Country––
DirectorMichael MooreIiris Härmä
Main castMichael Moore, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark, George W. Bush, George H. W. Bush–

Synopsis

Bowling for Columbine

This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another…

Leaving Africa

Riitta and Catherine live together in Uganda. By day the two sixtysomethings provide sexual health and equality education for Catholics, Muslims and Anglicans alike. By night they smoke, do crosswords and don’t shy away from frank discussions. Riitta's long career empowering women in Africa is coming to a close, but Ugandan government is trying their best to shut down their sex-ed program during her last months in Africa.

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