Griffith University Centre for Interfaith & Cultural Dialogue in collaboration with Exile International and the University of Queensland – School of Political Science & International Studies will present a public film screening and discussion of The Forgotten Phenomenon. This event will be a free screening of the film, Children of War.
Griffith University Centre for Interfaith & Cultural Dialogue in collaboration with Exile International and the University of Queensland – School of Political Science & International Studies will present a public film screening entitled The Forgotten Phenomenon. This event will be a free screening of the film, Children of War.
The film highlights the journey of a group of former Ugandan child soldiers as they undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing while in a rehabilitation centre.
What: Film Screening, Children of War
When: TUESDAY October 14th 2014, 6pm – 8pm
Where: Griffith University Nathan Campus, Multi-Faith Centre – Building N35
Cost: Free; light refreshments available
More information: Please RSVP by Friday October 10th 2014 to icd@griffith.edu.au
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Director: Bryan Single
Year: 2009
Country: USA
Time: ’75
Filmed in the war-zone of northern Uganda over a period of three years by Director Bryan Single. ‘Children of War’ is a unique and incandescent documentary which follows a group of former child soldiers as they escape the battlefield, enter a rehabilitation center, and undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing.
Having been abducted from their homes and schools and forced to become fighters by the Lord’s Resistance Army – a quasi-religious militia led by self-proclaimed prophet and war criminal Joseph Kony – the children struggle to confront and break through years of captivity, extreme religious indoctrination, and participation in war crimes with the help of a team of trauma counsellors. As these fearless allies guide the children forward into new lives.
Children of War illuminates a powerful and cathartic story of forgiveness and hope in the aftermath of war.
Trailer: Children of War
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