War / Dance

If you want to see a really good movie of substance, that you will not soon forget, this is it. I will be really mad if this doesn’t win the Academy Award for Best Documentary. It is about the children of Northern Uganda who have been left orphaned by the rebels and must now live in a refugee camp with armed guards to protect them from abduction and being forced to kill innocents. The children from this particular camp are practicing for a National Music Competition, where they sing, dance, and play instruments, and find a little happiness in the music and forget their sorrows. The movie is narrated by the children who tell their horrific stories, yet they persevere and have hope for their future. It is wonderful to see the pure joy in their faces when they are dancing and playing music. I really don’t believe that there could be a better or more powerful movie to top this one all year, or ever.