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War Dance
Directed by
Andrea Nix
and
Sean Fine
2008
1h 45m
PG-13
Documentary
,
War
,
Music
7.8
85%
91%
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Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
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Cast of War Dance
Jane Adong
Self
Kitara Coldwell
Self
Joshua Kyallo
Self
Members of Acholi Tribe
Themselves
War Dance Reviews
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
War/Dance is two documentaries struggling uneasily against each other. The one that wins -- the only one that matters, really -- is a devastatingly emotional saga about Ugandan children of war reclaiming their lives.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
The joyous song and vibrant dance of the schoolchildren uplift all who see them. They are war orphans, casualties of Uganda's civil strife, healing physical and psychic wounds by performing ancient tribal rites in a national competition.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
War/Dance is the sort of documentary that's meant to appall us, to shake us out of our uninformed complacency. And yet there are moments in the film that may make an audience uncomfortable in ways the Fines may not have intended.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
Because no one dares to call a film about suffering children boring, Fine and Nix slack on analysis and investigation and concentrate on gorgeous saturated cinematography
San Francisco Chronicle
Rachel Howard
The horror and heartwarming [is] equally compounded.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Even in support of the noblest of causes, manipulation is manipulation.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The filmmaking style is annoyingly slick, but the testimonies of these children are excruciatingly moving.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
War/Dance is as irresistible as the rhythms of African music on its soundtrack.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
War/Dance is an honorable, sometimes inspiring exploration of the primal healing power of music and dance in an African tribal culture.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
The cinematography is striking. The music is mesmerizing. And the triumph of the underdog team against all odds is extra satisfying.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A marvel to watch.
Newsday
Gene Seymour
There isn't enough uplift, gratuitous or otherwise, in the world to make you forget the graphic testimony of children compelled by rebel forces either to watch atrocities or commit them.
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
It is wonderful to watch this joyous slice of the cultural lives of these victimized, traumatized children struggling to survive and build a better life in a desperately troubled part of the world.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
This is documentary-making at its best, not pretending to be journalism, but still playing a crucial role in telling stories that otherwise wouldn't make the front page.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
It doesn't just feature music and dance numbers; it's got romping, stomping, blow-the-doors-off, celebration-of-life music and dance numbers.
Village Voice
Jim Ridley
I'd be lying if I didn't say it overcame my naturally complacent instincts.
Variety
John Anderson
The young black faces are too beautiful, the landscapes too pretty, and the personal stories of slaughter too scripted to excuse War Dance from trying and failing to make Westerners feel less awful about horror, genocide and global negligence.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
The glories of War/Dance are torturously won, and all the more glorious for it.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Filmmakers Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine continue the Hollywood insult of looking at Africa as if it were a high-fashion runway.
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