The Empire's New Clothes

Call Number
392-1-1:8/1

General information

Call No.:
392-1-1:8/1
Part of series
HU OSA 392-1-1 Video Recordings of WITNESS: Activist films of Witness: Documentary films and promotional videos of Witness
Located at
DVD-ROM #8 / No. 1
Digital ver. identifier
HU OSA 392-1-1_008
Date of production
2000
Date
2000
Level
Item
Primary Type
Moving image
Language
English
Duration
9 min.
Notes
Partner: WITNESS / Chris Ho & Greg Shapley

Content

Form/Genre
Documentary film
Contents Summary
This chilling feature, shot by WITNESS partner Jimmie Briggs, tells the story of Acholi school girls from St. Mary's College in Northern Uganda who were abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army to serve as child soldiers. Of the 250,000 child soldiers worldwide, many are used as sexual servants, spies, porters and frontline grunts. These unwilling combatants often find themselves subject to disease, physical assault and rape. Witness interviews one of the girls who escaped and survived the ordeal, and a teacher and assistant headmistress at St. Mary's College. The headmistress, Sister Rachele Fassera, recounts the night of her students' abduction and the torturous process of trying to secure their release. Music by Philip Glass.

Context

Associated Names
Ho, Chris (Copyright holder, Producer)
Shapley, Greg (Copyright holder, Producer)
WITNESS (Copyright holder, Producer)