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Three Qs and the Truth: Invisible Children

Published on January 18, 2010

Three Qs and the Truth is a bi-weekly series highlighting the best in social-issue media.


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Who: Directed by Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole

What:  Three young filmmakers from California went on a trip to Northern Uganda where Africa’s longest running war was taking place. In Uganda, the Lord Resistance Army was abducting children and using them as soldiers. Invisible Children tells the story of the child soldiers as well as the story of the children, called ‘Night Commuters,’ who were running away trying to avoid these rebel armies and potential abduction.

Where: There will be screenings in California beginning in Feb. 2010. For more information visit the Invisible Children’s Website.

Truth: “Over the last ten years, hundreds of thousands of children have fought and died in conflicts around the world.”—Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers

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