Pax Christi films focus on Ugandan children
February 2, 2010
The horrifying reality of abducted children forced to fight in a rebel army against the Ugandan government is documented in three short films to be shown at the Mother Teresa Center, 2400 East Yandell Drive (between Piedras and Cotton streets), beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 21.
The films focus on children’s efforts to avoid abduction, negotiations to free captured children, and a remarkable protest staged by youth from around the world. Titles are “Invisible Children,” “The Rescue,” and “Together We Are Free.”
This series of films on peace and justice themes is sponsored by Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace & Justice Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso. Admission is free.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Invisible Children: The Rough Cut. Rebel army of Northern Uganda, known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), have been abducting children and using them as troops while they wage war against the Ugandan government. This originally caused the children to night commute, or walk miles nightly to avoid these troops. It is estimated that 90% of the LRA is abducted children. This film tells their story.
The Rescue (of Joseph Kony’s Child Soldiers). The once volunteer based Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has turned into a hostage situation where thousands of children are abducted, held against their will, and forced to kill or die. This film documents the peace talks with the LRA, and serves as a rescue plan to bring the children home, and arrest LRA leader Joseph Kony. Showing that revolution in Uganda can start with activism in the States.
Together We Are Free. This documentary follows the course of Invisible Children’s most recent advocacy event, titled “The Rescue” which took place in 100 cities across the world. The event encouraged international youth to “abduct themselves” and travel to the closest hosting city leaving their families and comforts behind. These abductions represented the injustice that has been unleashed on east African children who’ve been taken from their families and forced to become soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Characteristic of the Freedom Riders in 1961, youth from “rescued” cities, loaded buses and traveled to stand in solidarity with those still waiting to be rescued.
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