Invisible Children
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{{Infobox film
| name = Invisible Children
| image = Invisible_Children_DVD.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Jason Russell
Bobby Bailey
Laren Poole
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| distributor = Invisible Children, Inc.
| released = {{Film date|2006}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Invisible Children is a 2006 American documentary film which depicts the human rights abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.{{IMDb title|id=0855841|title=Invisible Children}}
Synopsis
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.
Exhibition
The film was first screened on June 22, 2004 at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego.[http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/events/past_events/2005/02-21-05_invisible_children.php University of San Diego] The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. 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.[http://www.successmagazine.com/Making-a-Difference-Invisible-Children/PARAMS/article/523/channel/24 Deneen, Sally] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120161823/http://www.successmagazine.com/Making-a-Difference-Invisible-Children/PARAMS/article/523/channel/24 |date=2009-11-20 }}. "Making a Difference - Invisible Children Helping young victims in war-torn Africa," Success Magazine, 2010.
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 both rebuild war-torn schools in northern Uganda and provide scholarships to African youth.{{Cite web |url=http://wellspringinternational.org/Projects/ReadCompleted/tabid/67/CBModuleId/387/ArticleID/24/Default.aspx/ |title=Wellspring International. |access-date=2010-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506233951/http://wellspringinternational.org/Projects/ReadCompleted/tabid/67/CBModuleId/387/ArticleID/24/Default.aspx |archive-date=2010-05-06 |url-status=dead }} In 2005, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Invisible Children, Inc., was created giving individuals a way to respond to the situation in Uganda.[http://www.takepart.com/blog/2009/04/20/featured-nonprofit-invisible-children/ Take Part] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630035646/http://www.takepart.com/blog/2009/04/20/featured-nonprofit-invisible-children/ |date=2009-06-30 }} web site, 2010. An employee of the organization, Nate Henn, was killed in the July 2010 Kampala attacks.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8-DEMtAE9q4i4ySQ0eV_qZefmRQD9GTCPEG1 |title=AP Top News at 4:05 a.m. EDT|agency=Associated Press|date=July 12, 2010|access-date=July 12, 2010}}
DVD
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External links
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- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/9131469/Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film.html Joseph Kony 2012: growing outrage in Uganda over film]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071004230711/http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php Invisible Children Homepage]
- {{IMDb title|id=0855841|title=Invisible Children}}
- [http://wellspringinternational.smugmug.com/gallery/5565835_BXrkV#341145607_9GuBe Invisible Children] images from film
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110207124925/http://natehenn.com/ Mourning Nate Henn] the Nate Henn memorial website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120310075608/http://www.kony2012.com/ Kony 2012] Kony 2012 Homepage
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Category:2006 documentary films
Category:American documentary films
Category:Documentary films about Uganda
Category:Documentary films about child soldiers