Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army (2008)

Directed by

Robert Koenig

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows former child soldiers from Nepal's Maoist army as they try to reintegrate into their communities. It shows the challenges they face and the emotional toll of their experiences.

soberinginformativeintimateseriouspersonalunflinchingquietly devastating

What happens

Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army is a 2008 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Robert Koenig, and written by Robert Koenig and Brandon Kohrt. The documentary premiered in Hollywood, CA at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in 2008 at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival, where it won the Artivist Award for Children's Advocacy. Returned also won the award for Best Documentary Short at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival that same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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