The plot unfolds when twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is taken from her Sudanese town in the Nubar Mountains and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum who punishes her for touching her daughter. She is transported to London after six years and her identity is changed, but her horrible life of servitude continues. Her passport is confiscated, and she is informed that if she contacts the authorities, her father will perish. Fortunately, she encounters a kind individual who appears to offer her a chance of escape and reunion with Bah, who is still in Sudan. Despite the film's positivity, the end title claims that Britain today has approximately 5,000'slave' laborers.
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The plot unfolds when twelve-year-old Malia, daughter of champion wrestler Bah, is taken from her Sudanese town in the Nubar Mountains and sold into slavery to a woman in Khartoum who punishes her for touching her daughter. She is transported to London after six years and her identity is changed, but her horrible life of servitude continues. Her passport is confiscated, and she is informed that if she contacts the authorities, her father will perish. Fortunately, she encounters a kind individual who appears to offer her a chance of escape and reunion with Bah, who is still in Sudan. Despite the film's positivity, the end title claims that Britain today has approximately 5,000'slave' laborers.
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