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References
- ↑ NBC News Jul 13 2014 Breaking With Brutal Tradition: Young Tribesman Fights for Babies' Lives by Hasani Gittens
- ↑ The Telegraph 14 Apr 2012 Saving the condemned children of Ethiopia by Richard Grant
- ↑ Condé Nast Traveller July 25, 2012 Why the Kara Tribe Formally Ended Its Child Sacrifice Practice Written by Susan Hack
- ↑ Real Screen November 20, 2015 Exclusive: Journeyman acquires "Omo Child" doc by Manori Ravindran
- ↑ Huffington Post 12/29/2014 Superstitions Still Killing Children in Southwest Ethiopia by Stephen Wallace
- ↑ Lale LabukoCo-FOUNDER
- ↑ ABOUT LALE LABUKO
- ↑ Drawn from Water Recent News, NBC News covers Lale Labuko story
- ↑ Imdb Drawn from Water, Full Cast & Crew
- ↑ Palm Beach Post March 27, 2015 5 reviews of films playing this week - Hap Erstein
- ↑ Imdb Omo Child: The River and the Bush (2015), Plot Summary