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Media Mix: Karim Chroboq

By: Jeff Dufour
Editor at Large/Columnist, "Yeas & Nays"
12/05/08 12:05 AM EST


Karim Chroboq is the director of “War Child,” a new movie that opens today at Landmark's E Street Theatre. The movie focuses on Emmanuel Jal, a child solider smuggled out of Sudan who has made it as a popular music artist and works to bring peace and education to the children of Africa.

Q: What CD are you listening to now?
Manu Chao

Q: What was the last movie you saw?
“Slumdog Millionaire” (excellent) and James Bond (not so good)

Q: What Web sites do you visit in the morning?
NY Times, Washington Post, sometimes BBC and various German papers for the European news

Q: What book are you reading?
“The House at Sugar Beach,” about Liberia

Q: What's your favorite TV show?
Currently the “Daily Show” but that may change soon



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