Diary of an African Nun vs Fireflies at El Mozote
Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Diary of an African Nun). Diary of an African Nun is the shorter watch at 16m compared with 1h 30m. Diary of an African Nun is the older of the two (1977 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Diary of an African Nun
Fireflies at El Mozote| Diary of an African Nun | Fireflies at El Mozote | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1977 | 2025 |
| Length | 16m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Julie Dash | Ernesto Melara |
| Main cast | Barbara O. Jones, Marnita Carraway, Fred Carraway, Donald Carraway Jr., Sherry Madden | Jeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo Shuk |
Synopsis
Diary of an African Nun
An African nun is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies night after night as she lies on a hard bed in her small room at the convent and listens to the rhythmic, beckoning drums of her village.
Fireflies at El Mozote
During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.
Where to watch
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