WARCHILD, filmen på Human rightsHuman Wrongs festival
fredag 4. februar 2011 kl. 18:00 på Parkteatret
WARCHILD ( timet sån at du kan rekke konserten med emanuel Jai på Cosmopolite etterpå kl 21)
“Left home at the age of seven/one year later I’m carryin’ an Ak-47.” For hip hop artist Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Sudan’s brutal civil war, these lyrics are hardly empty posturing. They are the bitter reality of a boy who was “forced to sin” but determined to “never give up and never give in.” Today, wounded but still hopeful, Emmanuel Jal fights a new battle: bringing peace to his beloved Sudan and building schools in Africa. This time, his weapon is a microphone. War Child will make viewers cry, laugh, dance, and celebrate the power of hope.
Q&A with Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal is …
WarChild Christian Karim Chroborg Uganda 2008, 94 MIN Uganda, Sudan, USA Subtitled in English