In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document the War in Darfur. Instead, they changed their focus to the conflict in northern Uganda, Africa's second longest-running conflict after the Eritrean War of Independence. The documentary depicts the abduction of children who are used as child soldiers by Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). This film centers around a group of Ugandan children who walk miles every night to places of refuge in order to avoid abduction by the LRA.
Since then, Invisible Children, Inc. has hosted more than 10,000 screenings at colleges, high schools, churches, concerts and other venues. As of June 2009, it is estimated that more than 5 million people have seen Invisible Children: The Rough Cut.[3]
Social activism
The story of children depicted in the film was the basis for a grassroots movement mobilizing thousands of American teens into action to raise money to rebuild war-torn schools in northern Uganda and provide scholarships to African youth.[4]
In 2005, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Invisible Children, Inc., was created, giving individuals a way to respond to the situation in Uganda.[5] An employee of the organization, Nate Henn, was killed in the July 2010 Kampala attacks.[6]
DVD
The film is roughly 55 minutes long, and the DVD includes a shorter 35-minute version for different screening options. The DVD also includes special features; deleted scenes, extras, filmmaker commentary, update on the war, and trailers from Invisible Children, Inc.[1]
^University of San Diego The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice.
^Deneen, Sally 2009-11-20 at the Wayback Machine. "Making a Difference - Invisible Children Helping young victims in war-torn Africa," Success Magazine, 2010.
^. Archived from the original on 2010-05-06. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
invisible, children, confused, with, colombian, film, some, this, article, listed, sources, reliable, please, help, this, article, looking, better, more, reliable, sources, unreliable, citations, challenged, deleted, march, 2012, learn, when, remove, this, tem. Not to be confused with Invisible Children Inc For the Colombian film see The Invisible Children Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged or deleted March 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Invisible Children is a 2006 American documentary film that depicts the human rights abuses by the Lord s Resistance Army in Uganda 1 Invisible ChildrenTheatrical release posterDirected byJason RussellBobby BaileyLaren PooleDistributed byInvisible Children Inc Release date2006 2006 Running time55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Exhibition 3 Social activism 4 DVD 5 References 6 External linksSynopsis EditIn the spring of 2003 Jason Russell Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document the War in Darfur Instead they changed their focus to the conflict in northern Uganda Africa s second longest running conflict after the Eritrean War of Independence The documentary depicts the abduction of children who are used as child soldiers by Joseph Kony and his Lord s Resistance Army LRA This film centers around a group of Ugandan children who walk miles every night to places of refuge in order to avoid abduction by the LRA Exhibition EditThe film was first screened on June 22 2004 at the Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego 2 Since then Invisible Children Inc has hosted more than 10 000 screenings at colleges high schools churches concerts and other venues As of June 2009 it is estimated that more than 5 million people have seen Invisible Children The Rough Cut 3 Social activism EditThe story of children depicted in the film was the basis for a grassroots movement mobilizing thousands of American teens into action to raise money to rebuild war torn schools in northern Uganda and provide scholarships to African youth 4 In 2005 a 501 c 3 non profit Invisible Children Inc was created giving individuals a way to respond to the situation in Uganda 5 An employee of the organization Nate Henn was killed in the July 2010 Kampala attacks 6 DVD EditThe film is roughly 55 minutes long and the DVD includes a shorter 35 minute version for different screening options The DVD also includes special features deleted scenes extras filmmaker commentary update on the war and trailers from Invisible Children Inc 1 References Edit a b Invisible Children at IMDb University of San Diego The Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace amp Justice Deneen Sally Archived 2009 11 20 at the Wayback Machine Making a Difference Invisible Children Helping young victims in war torn Africa Success Magazine 2010 Wellspring International Archived from the original on 2010 05 06 Retrieved 2010 03 06 Take Part Archived 2009 06 30 at the Wayback Machine web site 2010 AP Top News at 4 05 a m EDT Associated Press July 12 2010 Retrieved July 12 2010 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Invisible Children United States portal Uganda portal Film portalJoseph Kony 2012 growing outrage in Uganda over film Invisible Children Homepage Invisible Children at IMDb Invisible Children images from film Mourning Nate Henn the Nate Henn memorial website Kony 2012 Kony 2012 Homepage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Invisible Children amp oldid 1151096703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
