Theatre of Violence (2022)

Directed by

Emil Langballe

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 40m

How it feels

A documentary about Dominic Ongwen who was kidnapped as a child by the LRA and trained as a soldier. Years later he faces the International Criminal Court, and the film asks whether he is a perpetrator or a victim.

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What happens

Theatre of Violence er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 2023 instrueret af Emil Langballe og Lukasz Konopa. Som 9-årig bliver Dominic Ongwen kidnappet af den ugandiske organisation LRA, der oplærer ham som børnesoldat og rangerer ham i en kommandørrolle. Mange år senere står han nu overfor DenInternationale Straffedomstol ICC, men skal han dømmes for sine gerninger, eller er han selv et offer? (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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