The 11-Year-0ld Man

A brutal war is raging between the well-armed Emperor’s army and ragtag freedom fighters who want to see Eritrea secede from Ethiopia. At age 13, Mulu finds himself in the jungle with the fighters and an AK-47 on his hip. Trained with Leninist & Marxist ideology, this young boy graduates as a formidable and brainwashed fighter. He spends five years as a freedom fighter in horrifying living conditions.

At age 18, Mulu eventually leaves the war torn country and lands in the Red Light District in Amsterdam. Lonely and notwithstanding his 7th grade education level, he sets his eyes on an unrealistic goal; to become an Aerospace engineer.

His education plans encounter severe challenges when he blindly falls in love with a beautiful girl from Addis who is already committed to another lover. Undeterred, he manages to enter a secret romance life. A year later, Mulu faces a devastating separation that tests his battle-hardened heart and threatens to derail his educational plans. For the next 5 years, the struggle in Eritrea rages unabated to achieve what by many was seen as an impossible fight of “David against Goliath”, but so is Mulu’s struggle to succeed in his mission.