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India Press Store - War Dance
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Manufacturer: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Starring: Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong, Kitara Coldwell
Directed By: Andrea Nix, Sean Fine
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0821575552257
Format: Color
Label: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Manufacturer: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-15
Running Time: 107
Studio: Velocity / Thinkfilm
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Summary: Resilient Africans
Comment: Documentary films are not often sought out by movie goers or at rental stores as they are often so two dimensional, informative and then possibly inspirational or provocative. This film is all of that and beautiful, tragic, exhilirating, and even triumphant.
I have seen many films over my life and I would consider this as one of the best. I will never forget one of the lines in the film when a child from the war zone of northern Uganda gets the opportunity to go to the capitol Kampala with their school music group and says "I can't wait to see what peace is like".
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Summary: War Dance
Comment: This was excellent have seen it a number of times. Gave it for xmas gift
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Summary: Amazing children
Comment: Share this movie as often as you can. Full of sorrow, but also full of hope, this movie is perfect for this season of darkness and light.(12/22/08)
However, any occasion for a movie about the horrors of war, or the ability of art to overcome despair, or the amazing beauty of children, will find this movie a perfect fit.
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Summary: MUST SEE!
Comment: This is a remarkable movie. It's a documentary about children living in a refugee camp in Darfur. As difficult as their lives have been, they are incredibly committed and uplifted when they sing, dance, and play their musical instruments. The true stories of the children's lives are heart-wrenching. Their love of music and dance is genuine. The film is incredibly authentic -- it's a documentary -- but, it's not stuffy, it's fantastic.
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Summary: Just satisfactory
Comment: I was glad to watch this once, but for me it is certainly not a keeper. They had rich potential material and I felt that they covered it only rather superficially.
Their main point was believable -- these kids have been through hell and a musical competition in the capital was extremely important for their morale and self-esteem. I thought that was a wonderful point to make. It will stick in my mind.
But they used a lot of film to say this. There were endless shots of cute kids just looking pitiful. At some point it even seemed somewhat manipulative. We did hear about the terrible things that the kids had experienced and yet I never felt that we got very far beyond this in terms of their individuality considering how much film was used.
We heard snippets of the music and yet there was very little feeling for what a complete traditional song was and how it fit into tribal identity. Again, the focus was so much on the competition that the relationship between the music and the inner person was not well developed, whereas there was certainly time to do it.
I wanted to know more about the competition. Who set it up? Why in artistic terms did these kids score so well? Could they have scored so well without the teachers that had been sent to them? How much of their music was authentically traditional stuff that they already knew and how much was shaped by the teachers? I would say edit out some of the repetitious shots of the faces of cute kids and give more information about what was going on. I am not saying that there was none!! Just dig a bit more.
I don't want to seem overly critical, but I am the 28th reviewer and all the other reviews are five stars and I think I should try to explain why I cannot rave about this. I do think that if this film comes around on Link TV the average viewer might find it interesting and more worth watching than most of what is on TV. There is too little on the tragedies in Africa as they affect individuals and children in particular. But aside from the importance of keeping the tragedies in mind, for me this was only an average "alternative" channel TV documentary in terms of quality.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Set in war-raved Northern Uganda, the award-winning WAR DANCE will touch your heart with a real-life story about a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Three children who have suffered horrific brutalities momentarily forget their struggles as they participate in music, song and dance at their school. Invited to compete in a prestigious music festival in their nation’s capitol, their historic journey is a stirring tale about the power of the human spirit to triumph against tremendous odds.
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