Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Roland E. Zwick In the war-ravaged region of northern Uganda, a group of Acholi children - many of them orphans - living in a government-run refugee camp, use music and dance as a means to keep hope alive. Indeed, the youngsters are so good at what they do that their school was chosen as a finalist in the 2005 Kampala Music Festival, an event held annually in the nation's capital. Of course, before they can participate in that event, the kids and their instructors will have to safely navigate their way through the rebel-infested region that lies between their camp and their intended destination.The Oscar-nominated documentary "War Dance," directed by Sean and Andrea Nix Fine, tells the story of these children.In the camp, music has become a form of therapy for these traumatized youngsters, a means to help them come to terms with - or at least temporarily forget - the unspeakable atrocities they've experienced in their short lives, atrocities they recount for us in graphic and harrowing detail. In its "lighter" moments, the movie focuses on the children as they rehearse for the upcoming competition. Then it's on to the festival itself, where the children of Patongo sing, dance and perform their little hearts out, filled with suspense at the outcome, anticipation of taking home a prize, and pride in a job well done. And the sheer, unadulterated joy is palpable.As a study in contrasts, the movie presents us with both the best and the worst that humanity has to offer - the heartbreaking along with the heartwarming. And indeed, you would need to have a heart of stone not to be deeply touched by this film.

Anna Laswson I thought that this movie was truly amazing and so eye opening! I was in shock when i saw this because though I knew that there was a war going on, i didn't realize how bad it really was. I think that this movie was wonderfully made and that they deserved that Oscar. I also think that the three main kids (Dominic, Rose and Nancy) were such nice kids and happy kids even though they had to go through all that. I got to meet Dominic and he is a truly wonderful kid. He is so nice and doing really well.Also, in case anyone wanted to donate money to AMREF (one of the sponsor's for the film) you can go on their website, www.amref.org and then they tell you how to donate there.

aktase Just shocking!! I have not attempted to write any comments on this web site (just lack of time maybe) but after seeing this movie, I felt that had to write about it. It is so touching and natural that I could not help crying while I was watching this film. I felt guilty on my part to share this wild and cruel world, creating so called wars , killing humans and leaving millions of orphans behind... And even the most merciless tran of the war lords can not overcome with love of music and dance. Movie gives a clear idea of how miserable lives are lived at the heart of black Afica. Everybody must see this movie to get insight about war and humanity..

anyaismith DANCING AROUND GENOCIDE. Some scenes.. clearly staged and a Uganda government employee, Emmanuel Olobo of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also a translator, raising questions about objectivity and the extent of the dictatorship's involvement in other aspects of the film; what's shocking is that Olobo's name is even listed on the credits at the end of the film, although he is not identified as a government official, until recently based in the Uganda embassy in Washington, D.C. as First Secretary, where he worked under Ugandan ambassador Perezi Kamunanwire, Uganda's chief apologist to the U.S. The film's most glaring weakness is failure to adequately expose the Museveni regime's role in creating the concentration camps and forcefully forcing Acholis, women, men and children into the camps (for more background please see the Human Rights Watch Report "Uprooted and Forgotten, Impunity and Human Rights Abuses.http://blackstarnews.com/?c=132&a=4253