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Star quality on the big screen

By Pamela Ryckman

Published: October 15 2009 23:19 | Last updated: October 15 2009 23:19

Rodney Walker

As the child of drug addicts, Rodney Walk­er’s upbringing in a series of Chicago foster homes was not auspicious. Yet now, aged 20, he has been one of the top finalists in a business plan competition, has won a full scholarship to Morehouse College in Atlanta, and is the narrator of Ten9Eight – Shoot for the Moon, a documentary film that is about to go on re­lease in a mainstream US cinema chain.

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