War Witch
Dir/scr: Kim Nguyen. Canada. 2012. 90mins
Humanity prevails over the atrocities of the African civil wars in what may well be a very dark but still over-optimistic portrait of the continent as perceived by an outsider. Canadian filmmaker Kim Nguyen went all the way to Congo to make War Witch (Rebelle), about a 14 year-old girl telling her appalling story to her unborn baby, a tale of woe all through, but despite it all, the ending offers the kind of silver lining that will allow audiences to go out relieved that, after all, things will take a positive turn. A festival item per excellence, it is bound to travel around the world, but selling it to paying audiences may not be an easy task.
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