Leaving Africa vs The Rescue
The Rescue has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 1/10 for Leaving Africa). Leaving Africa is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 47m. Leaving Africa is the older of the two (2015 against 2021). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Leaving Africa
The Rescue| Leaving Africa | The Rescue | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 1.0/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 24m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama | Documentary, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Iiris Härmä | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin |
| Main cast | – | Richard Harris, Jim Warny, Thanet Natisri, John Volanthen, Derek Anderson |
Synopsis
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.
The Rescue
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
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