This DVD is now pretty famous, after the get rid of Kony twitter/facebook campaign and one of the maker’s going off the rails and running through the streets naked, or something like that. Anyway, this documentary is the start of the Invisible Children organisation.
It’s a very moving piece, and some of the scales of things are immense – seeing the literally hundreds upon hundreds of night commuters in one building is incredible. It seems hard to believe that that many children are all in one place, all without many basic safeguards and amenities.
The extras are interesting (especially the music video that they make – it’s hilarious!).
Things to be aware of with this doco are that most of the information is out of date. Kony is predominately no longer in Uganda (mostly in the DRC), and so night commuting is much less of an issue than it used to be. It’s also a lot more political than other documentaries or books – it really wants the US to get involved an eliminate Kony, which isn’t really a practical solution or what I believe we should be working for as Christians.
But it is a great doco to watch to learn about some of the issues that Uganda and the surrounding countries has faced in the recent past.
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