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Doctor Bello

Doctor Bello

The cure for cancer has been found... in the sky mountains of Africa...

2013 · 95 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

Cancer specialist Dr. Michael Durant forms an unlikely bond with seven year old Sam and becomes desperate, willing to risk anything to save the child’s life. A surreptitious Nigerian Nurse convinces him to seek the help of Dr. Bello, an uncertified Nigerian Doctor, known in the Brooklyn-African underground as a miracle worker.

Directed by Tony Abulu

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