Set in Northern Uganda, a country ravaged by more than two decades of civil war, "War/Dance" tells the story of Dominic, Rose and Nancy, three children whose families have been torn apart, their homes...( read more  read more... ) destroyed, and who currently reside in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. When they are invited to compete in an annual music and dance festival, their historic journey to their nation's capital is also an opportunity to regain a part of their childhood and to taste victory for the first time in their lives.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix

Release Date: November 9, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008

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  • May 7, 2008
    Powerful documentary that is both upsetting and uplifting.
  • September 13, 2009
    everyone should see it..a warm life story, a real life story..
  • March 13, 2009
    In Northern Uganda, they are in a constant state of war where rebels kidnap children at night and force them to kill. This is a documentary about children from this region that live in a government protected camp who have been selected to go to a national performance arts compet...( read more)ition.
    Watching these kids smile and enjoy themselves after all the horrors they lived through, it's hard not to feel something with this documentary.
  • February 18, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • July 4, 2008
    "War Dance" é um documentário sobre as crianças que vivem em um acampamento de refugiados no norte de Uganda e que competem em um festival nacional de música e dança.

    Seria uma típica história que ninguém nunca conheceria se não fosse pelo filme. Mas é justamente uma história ...( read more)simples como esta que comove por mostrar uma parte da realidade pela ótica das pessoas que vivem ali - e que geralmente são estereotipadas - e, mais que isso, mostra a superação destas pessoas por um ideal.

    O filme ainda conta com uma belíssima fotografia, cheia de cores vivas contrastando com o clima árido presente naquelas regiões desoladas.
  • May 10, 2008
    A little slow to get started, but interesting to watch nonetheless.
  • February 13, 2008
    Muito sensivel, criancas em situacoes terriveis, mas cheias de arte.

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November 30, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

War/Dance is the sort of documentary that's meant to appall us, to shake us out of our uninformed complacency. And yet there are moments in the film that may make an audience uncomfortable in ways the... full review

November 30, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

War/Dance is two documentaries struggling uneasily against each other. The one that wins -- the only one that matters, really -- is a devastatingly emotional saga about Ugandan children of war reclaim... full review

November 5, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

The glories of War/Dance are torturously won, and all the more glorious for it. full review

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