As the genocide in Darfur is finally afforded much-needed attention, the story of Ugandan's war against the ruthless rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army and the plight of its youngest victims has largely gone untold. By chronicling the efforts of a group of children from a northern Ugandan refugee camp who are selected to compete in a national music competition, documentary filmmakers Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine found an ingenious way to tell their story in a film that is as unflinching as it is uplifting.
For the past 20 years, the Ugandan government has fought a ferocious war in the northern region of the country against the LRA, at enormous human cost...
Released:
2007
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
105 mins