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What To Watch This Weekend

…that is, if you want to cry your eyes out, feel connected to the immensity of the human family, and get inspired to get over your petty wounds and invigorate your own life and community with a sense of greatness, courage, and celebration. So…if you’re not up for that, then just head to the romantic comedy section at your local video store.

War Dance is a large, visually poetic, socially-relevant documentary, Oscar nominee and Sundance Festival winner for Doc Directing. It’s scope goes to far Uganda and to the depths of suffering and the heights of the human spirit.

THE STORY:

Acholi tribe children from the most northern war camp in Uganda prepare for the national musical and cultural competition in far-off (and far-safer) capital of Uganda.

“We dance to feel alive.” says one of the children, a survivor of unfathomable atrocities. You will hear their stories and be shocked. You will witness their vitality and the power of healing and community. And you will hold your breath and chant with them, as you watch these kids from the “ghetto” of Uganda, travel to the big city to compete in the song and dance competition. They are the underdogs up against champion kids. They are survivors of war 100% alive.