War Dance
by Andrea Nix, Sean Fine
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Actor: Dominic, Jane Adong, Kitara Coldwell, Nancy, RoseDirector: Andrea Nix, Sean Fine
Brand: Image Entertainment
Producer: Andrea Nix
Writer: Andrea Nix
Writer: Sean Fine
Producer: Albie Hecht
Producer: Andrew Herwitz
Producer: Daniel Katz
Producer: Douglas Eger
Producer: Erik Cleage
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Movie Reviews of War Dance
Movie Review: ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say? This movie was incredible. I was so attached to the three children is centered around--you really get to know and love them. The film work is awesome as well. The story does a good job of both showing how the conflict has deeply affected them, but also of how they continue to live. The narrative style is awesome as well, because unlike most documentaries in which you watch once, are informed, and never have the desire to pick them up again, War Dance is a story you can watch over and over. This is an absolute MUST see, particularly if you are interested in learning more about the war in Northern Uganda, but even still if you don't know a thing about it. The stories of the children are incredible.
Summary of War Dance
Set in war-raved Northern Uganda, the award-winning WAR DANCE will touch your heart with a real-life story about a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Three children who have suffered horrific brutalities momentarily forget their struggles as they participate in music, song and dance at their school. Invited to compete in a prestigious music festival in their nation's capitol, their historic journey is a stirring tale about the power of the human spirit to triumph against tremendous odds.The superb documentary War/Dance reveals the redemptive power of music, even in the most horrific places. Focusing on three children in their early teens in war-torn Uganda--stoic Nancy, driven Dominic, and soft-spoken Rose--War/Dance tracks the efforts of the school of a refugee camp called Patongo to compete in Uganda's countrywide music competition. The contrasts are staggering; in interviews, the children describe their parents being killed by rebel soldiers, then footage of rehearsal shows them joyfully singing and dancing with their classmates. Some of the sequences are harrowing (a scene where Nancy grieves for her murdered father is painful to watch), but without them, we wouldn't understand how hard-won are the feelings of pride and accomplishment as their school performs for the competition's judges. The built-in structure of the competition gives this documentary a clear and engrossing storyline, much like Spellbound or Mad Hot Ballroom, but the heartbreaking circumstances and the emotional openness of the three teenagers makes War/Dance even more compelling. In one particularly striking scene, Dominic talks to a captured rebel officer, hoping to learn if his brother is still alive. As they talk, the soldier--who's around the age Dominic's brother might be--tries to be helpful, and explains almost offhandedly why the brother is most likely dead. The casualness of this conversation, devoid of Hollywood histrionics, speaks volumes about how violence has infiltrated these people's daily lives. --Bret Fetzer
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