War in Uganda

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
When the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army began attacking government forces in northern Uganda, directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine turned their cameras on the youngest victims of the violence. “War/Dance” depicts the lives of children in an isolated, dangerous refugee camp as they attempt to prepare for the country's National Music Competition.

"War/Dance" opens in New York on November 9.
Learn more about the film here.

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