War Dance (2007)

Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.

Directors:

Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Writers:

Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Stars:

Dominic, Nancy, Rose

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dominic	...	Himself
Nancy	...	Herself
Rose	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jane Adong	...	Herself
Kitara Coldwell	...	Herself
Joshua Kyallo	...	Himself
Members of Acholi Tribe	...	Themselves
Janani Okot	...	Himself
Jolly Okot	...	Herself
Stephen Rwangyezi	...	Himself

Storyline

Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.

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Plot Keywords:

displacement camp | uganda | children | camp | displacement | 

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Taglines:

The war stole everything, except their music.

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Genres:

Documentary | Music | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some thematic material involving descriptions of war atrocities

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

Acholi English

Release Date:

1 November 2008 (Japan)

Also Known As:

War/Dance

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$15,471 (USA) (2 November 2007)

Gross:

$111,469 (USA) (21 March 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rogues Harbor Studios, Fine Films (II), Shine Global

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 105 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Dominic: In my heart, I am more than a child of war. I am talented. I am a musician. I am Acholi. I am the future of our tribe.

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Connections

Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008)

User Reviews

After An Inconvenient Truth, War/Dance is the most important film I've watched this year.

Much like Gore's film, War/Dance is a great cinematic contribution to the world. Bold statement. This film has less urgency and less catastrophe than Gore's but still, it must be watched. I really like the style of storytelling: they allowed the three main subjects--three children: Rose, Nancy, & Dominic--to do all of the storytelling (without any provided narration). The result is three intimate and soul-wrenching revelations of turmoil and perseverance, and most importantly, of hope. Children can be very profound; these three definitely are. They have that look of war veterans in their eyes. Amazingly captured in the cinematography. The shots, presentation of political & social subject matter, emotional content--all excellent. You will walk away informed & attached, and wanting to take action; you don't feel like you've just read yesterday's newspaper or received some second or third-generation information. This film is moving in so many ways. Go.