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 covering 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). The 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.
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 both 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 about 55 minutes long and the DVD includes a shorter 35-minute version for different screening options. The DVD includes special features; deleted scenes, extras, filmmaker commentary, update on the war, and trailers filmed by Invisible Children, Inc.[1]
^Deneen, SallyArchived 2009-11-20 at the Wayback Machine. "Making a Difference - Invisible Children Helping young victims in war-torn Africa," Success Magazine, 2010.
