The Children Learn How To Hold A Gun In New Clip From Oscar-Nominated 'War Witch' ('Rebelle')

From Shadow and Act Thu Feb 28 2013, 00:30:04

Kim Nguyen's Oscar-nominated (Best Foreign Language Film) Congo-set drama War Witch or Rebelle, an S&A 2012 Highlight selection, which stars Rachel Mwanza, will see a theatrical release through Tribeca Film, starting in New York this Friday, March 1 2013, and expanding to other markets through June. The film is about a young Congolese girl and child soldier named Komona (played by Mwanza, who won a Best Actress Award at Berlin for her performance), her fight for survival and struggle to find some normalcy and peace in her life. As director Nguyen describes it, the film is essentially a love story set in a time of war. ...

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