Documentary Description
Without having seen the suffering in Northern Uganda, I’m appalled
frankly, it’s a moral outrage to see thousands of children that have
been abducted, that are maltreated, that go through the most horrendous
torture by the rebel movement and also the same groups now being
neglected, to some extent, by the whole international community. I can
not find any other part of the world having an emergency at the scale
of Uganda with so little international attention. What started out as a
film-making adventure in Africa, transformed into much more, when the
three young American’s (Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole)
original travels took a divine turn, and they found themselves stranded
in Northern Uganda. They discovered children being kidnapped nightly
from their homes and subsequently forced to become fight as child
soldiers. This film is dedicated to exposing this tragic, and amazingly
untold story.
Even at this moment, in Uganda, Children as young as 8 are
methodically kidnapped from their homes by a rebel group called the
“Lord’s Resistance Army” (LRA). The abducted children are then
desensitized to the horror of brutal violence and killing, as they
themselves are turned into vicious fighters. Some escape and hide in
constant fear for their lives. Most remain captive, and grow to
maturity with no education other than life “in the bush” and fighting
in a guerrilla war. Of the many ramifications that a 20 -year-long war
can cause, the film “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” highlights what the
community refers to as “NIGHT COMMUTERS.” We watch thousands of
children “commute” out of fear, from their villages to nearby towns
each night in order to avoid the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army)
abductions. They sleep in public places, vulnerable, and without
supervision.
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