| | |  | IRISH & ENGLISH ISLES | Home » » War Dance | | | | | | | Description: | | Set in war-raved Northern Uganda, the award-winning WAR DANCE will touch your heart with a real-life story about a group of children whose love of music brings joy, excitement and hope back into their poverty-stricken lives. Three children who have suffered horrific brutalities momentarily forget their struggles as they participate in music, song and dance at their school. Invited to compete in a prestigious music festival in their nation’s capitol, their historic journey is a stirring tale about the power of the human spirit to triumph against tremendous odds. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong, Kitara Coldwell | | Director:
| Andrea Nix | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Velocity / Thinkfilm | | Run Time:
| 107 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| April 15, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 53 reviews |
| | | | Used and New: | | | |
| All | |
| $3.96 | Used
- Acceptable | | | $3.96 | Used
- Acceptable | | | $4.00 | Used
- Good | | | $9.90 | Used
- Good | | | $10.00 | Used
- Acceptable | | | $18.36 | Used
- Good | | | $20.00 | Used
- Mint | | | $27.67 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $27.67 | New | | | $27.95 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $32.45 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $49.99 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | |
| New | |
| $27.67 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $27.67 | New | | | $27.95 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $32.45 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | | | $49.99 This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. | New | |
| Used | |
| $3.96 | Used
- Acceptable | | | $3.96 | Used
- Acceptable | | | $4.00 | Used
- Good | | | $9.90 | Used
- Good | | | $10.00 | Used
- Acceptable | | | $18.36 | Used
- Good | | | $20.00 | Used
- Mint | |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
Average Customer Review:
 ( 53 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Beautiful and SomberingApr 07, 2008
By R. Beachy
The cinematography of Africa and war torn Uganda is beautiful, amazing, and saddening in "War Dance". It serves a a bleak backdrop for an enlightening film set in a refuge camp where a group of children, scarred by civil war, learn their tribal dance to compete in the national dance competition.
The most heart-breaking and genuine moment of War Dance is when a former child soldier confronts a captured rebel soldier about why he (the soldier) participated in kidnapping children and indoctrinating them into becoming children soldiers. The bravery of that small child and the empty soulless response of the soldier were the most powerful scene's in a film full of them. I highly recommend this film!!
12 of 13 found the following review helpful:
War DanceJan 07, 2008
By Super Shopper
"Sophia"
This was by far, hands down the best documentary film I've seen. The content needs to be brought to the awareness of all people in possesion of a TV/DVD player. The cinematography and editing was beautiful and amazing. It looked and felt like I was across the other side of the world there with these beautiful children. The stories of the children presented from their perspective in their own words will move you to tears and simply must be seen to understand and feel what they have suffered through and experienced. What I loved most about this film besides the stories, the people, the music and dance, is the message of hope and healing that is possible for these children with a little help from people who care enough to do something.
13 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Another overlooked Sundance filmJan 25, 2008
By Lisa Hunt
"YogaGirl"
I saw this film at the Sundance film festival in 2007 and was completely blown away by the originality of weaving together documentary, dance, music, war, and horrific pain suffered by lovely children. I don't believe it gained any wide popularity which is unfortunate because while it is a heart-wrenching story, there is so much joy and hope at the end of the movie, you start to believe anything is possible...beautiful cinematography (may inspire my own journey to Uganda), amazing music, and just an overall lovely film.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
a glimmer of hopeApr 06, 2010
By Rachel M
"New Gardener"
I have worked in conflict areas for 10+ years and rarely find movies that are both positive and actual accounts of real life...the directors did a marvelous job portraying a people brutalized by war who have found normalcy and hope. The music and dance are fantastic, of course, but the kids...they are truly remarkable. People have always asked me to describe my work and the people I come in contact with...difficult to do...so I've started giving this out to friends and family as a taste of both the absolute horror and wonderful sense of humanity and hope one finds in war/conflict. Well done!! Would recommend even for younger children.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Will bring tears to your eyesJun 23, 2008
By S. Brooks
"sbrooks"
I invited a friend to see this movie at a small theater by my house because she and I both have a heart for Africa. We sat in the empty theater, moved by the stories and weeping during the hard parts.
Shortly after, I left for Tanzania (Africa) and spent 3 months working with orphans and vulnerable children (living with aids / affected by aids). If you haven't experienced African culture, you might not fully understand the families, the children nor the music competition (I saw a comment that talked bad about the families being so harsh).
Africa is torn apart by the aids epidemic, poverty, famine and war. And the the children are left with little to no hope. They realize that their one key to success is education but even that is limited to the rich or sponsored children since "public" school still needs to be paid for.
This documentary does well to showcase how the children of Uganda are affected by this horrible war and how they have such a hope in a music competition so they can be seen as more than children of war.
After watching this documentary, I recommend researching the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army), this war, northern Uganda and going to the film makers web page. Documentaries such as this are making changes to a country that needs our help. The more we are aware, the better it will get.
See all 53 customer reviews on Amazon.com
| | |
|
![Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513fF8%2BSj5L._SL75_.jpg "Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same [Blu-ray]")
