Around The Blue Planet Through Movies: Nation Of War Dance
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Sponsored past times the Multicultural Enrichment Council, JSRCC's "Around the World through Movies" late presented War Dance. Attendees included JSRCC students, staff, faculty together with guests from the Richmond community.
Set against the backdrop of Uganda's 20 twelvemonth civil state of war during which over 30,000 children cause got been abducted past times the LRA rebel army, War Dance tells the flush of schoolchildren Dominic, Rose, Nancy equally they accept a historic journeying to compete inward their country's national music together with trip the lite fantastic festival. The film's creative squad observes the iii youngsters equally they gear upward for the event, together with arrive at their confidence plenty to hash out the horrors they cause got experienced together with limited their private fears, hopes, together with dreams.
Lily Mirjahangiri led a pre-movie give-and-take that highlighted Uganda’s history, geography, together with political structure. The audience likewise learned nigh Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a terrorist grouping that has been rebelling against the Ugandan regime for the past times ii decades.
Set against the backdrop of Uganda's 20 twelvemonth civil state of war during which over 30,000 children cause got been abducted past times the LRA rebel army, War Dance tells the flush of schoolchildren Dominic, Rose, Nancy equally they accept a historic journeying to compete inward their country's national music together with trip the lite fantastic festival. The film's creative squad observes the iii youngsters equally they gear upward for the event, together with arrive at their confidence plenty to hash out the horrors they cause got experienced together with limited their private fears, hopes, together with dreams. The pic was followed past times a post-movie give-and-take led past times ii JSRCC Students, Milika Nabajja together with Sarah Nabikolo, ii sisters from Republic of Uganda who moved to Richmond, Virginia inward summertime 2011. Moved past times the strike together with authentic flush of the movie, the audience had many questions for Milika together with Sarah to larn to a greater extent than nigh ways they could contribute to meliorate the lives of children inward Uganda.
“Our sincere cheers acquire to Ms. Laurie Weinberg, MEC’s Chair, who connected us alongside Sara together with Milika to atomic number 82 the post-movie discussion. They did a fantastic project taking many questions from our audience. We are thrilled to come across a promising plough out from our college together with the community, together with nosotros remain motivated together with energized to innovation the futurity pic events,” said Lily Mirjahangiri, Around the World through Movies subcommittee Chair.
