War Dance ( War/Dance )

War Dance (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: War/Dance
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Anamorphic Widescreen
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Sean Fine
Andrea Nix

Written By:
Sean Fine
Andrea Nix

Actors:
Dominic ..... Himself
Nancy ..... Herself
Rose ..... Herself
Jane Adong ..... Herself
Kitara Coldwell ..... Herself
Joshua Kyallo ..... Himself
Members of Acholi Tribe ..... Themselves
Janani Okot ..... Himself
Jolly Okot ..... Herself
Stephen Rwangyezi ..... Himself

Synopsis:

War Dance tells the story of Uganda's brutal civil war through the eyes of a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Dominic, Nancy and Rose have lived in the most dangerous part of the war zone and witnessed unimaginable atrocities. War Dance follows their historic journey as they compete for the first time in the finals of Uganda's National Music and Dance Competition. Devastated by the horrors of war, they carry the hopes and dreams of their entire village with them as they struggle to be crowned national champion. A stirring tale about the power of the human spirit to triumph against tremendous odds, Oscar (R) nominated War Dance will touch your heart.

The film centers on three children - Rose, a 13-year-old choir singer; Nancy, a 14-year-old dancer; and Dominic, a 14-year-old xylophone player. They are members of the Acholi ethnic group, living in the remote northern Uganda refugee camp of Patongo, which is under military protection from the Lord's Resistance Army, a terrorist group that has been rebelling against the government for the past two decades. In 2005, the camp's primary school won its regional music competition and headed to Kampala to participate in the annual National Music Competition. War/Dance focuses on three of the eight categories: Western choral performance, instrumental music, and traditional dance, where the students perform the Bwola, the dance of the Acholi. Over the course of three months, the film's creative team observes the three youngsters as they prepare for the event and gain their confidence enough to have them discuss the horrors they have experienced and express their individual fears, hopes, and dreams.

War/Dance is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine and produced by Shine Global's Susan MacLaury, a professor at Kean University, and Albie Hecht. It was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and received the Emmy Award for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography in 2010.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 February, 2012.

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