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MOFFOM joins One World Festival to present the Oscar-nominated documentary War Dance

MOFFOM partners with One World again in 2008 for screenings of the powerful documentary War Dance on March 8th at Kino Lucerna followed by music production at Lucerna café, DJs from Swamp Safari Sound System will be in charge. Another screening of the film will take place again at Kino Lucerna on Monday March 10th.

 

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More about One World International Human Rights Documentary Festival at www.jedensvet.cz

Screenings: March 8th 2008 / 9:45PM / Lucerna, March 10th 2008 / 9:45PM / Lucerna

 

 

War/Dance

2006 | U.S.A. | English, CZ tit. | 105 min.

Director: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

Producer: Albie Hecht

Editor: Jeff Consiglio

 

Every year more than 20,000 schools in Uganda take part in a national music competition in which children perform the traditional music and dances of their tribes. In 2005 a school from the northern province of Patongo, torn apart by a 20–year civil war, reached the final in Kampala. An estimated two million adults and two hundred thousand children manage to just about survive in camps guarded by soldiers against rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army. This poetic picture follows children traumatised by years of conflict en route to an unexpected musical triumph. Many of them, such as Rose (13), Nancy (14) and Dominic (14), have witnessed the execution of their parents or have even been kidnapped and forced to kill by the rebels. This dramatic story reflects the universal power of music, with the help of which children from the Acholi tribe can escape the pain of war and again discover their own dignity.Its captivating visuals are underscored by a wonderful soundtrack.