War/Dance (2007)

Original title

War Dance

Directed by

Sean Fine

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three children in war-torn northern Uganda prepare for a national music and dance competition. Their stories show how they cope with trauma and find joy through performance.

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What happens

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, Albie Hecht, and Douglas Eger. It was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and received the Emmy Awards for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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