Watchdog

Kassim the Dream, 86 minutes.

This is the remarkable story of Kassim (The Dream) Ouma, who overcame a shattering childhood as a Ugandan soldier - first killing a person at age 8 - to become a successful boxer in the United States.

Strange as it sounds, the early telling of the story is not the most compelling part of the film. That comes later, when the cameras follow Ouma as he returns to his native country by special permission of the president and visits his beloved grandmother and his father's grave.

One great scene: Kassim walks past a flag-waving Don King en route to a bout. "Only in America," Ouma says.

Responds King: "Don't you forget it - greatest country in the world."

Another: Ouma explains the importance of abstaining from sex before a bout, saying sperm "is the motor oil of the body."

Another: Ouma, steeped in American culture after a decade living here, blurts this out in the presence of the Ugandan president: "I love you, nigga!"