Vulnerability of Children in Conflict Recruitment
Jeff:
They are seeking out children, who are going to be the most moldable, and the most easy to — brainwash, essentially — into being a soldier, and in that regard the child of 8 to 14 years is the perfect candidate.
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Forced Recruitment in Rebel Forces
Dan Kidega:
Nobody joins that fighting force voluntarily, they conscript people into the rebel ranks.
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Children's Plea for Peace and Survival
Dan Kidega:
There's a lot of social evils going on in this part of the world, and they need attention. ... The message from the children is very clear. The children from northern Uganda, they're asking for one thing, survival — peace. They're asking for peace.
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Innocence and Adventure in Unfamiliar Lands
Bobby Bailey:
We are naïve kids, who haven't travelled a lot, and we're going to Sudan.
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The Influence of Media on Perception
Laren Poole:
Media shapes the way we view our life. What you see in the magazines, what you see on the TV screen, what you see in the movie theatre is what you know about life. So in a sense media is life.
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Unexpected Challenges in Harsh Conditions
Jason Russell:
After a treacherous journey we finally arrived in Sudan, on top of the Nuba Mountains, and with it came a shocking 130° degree heat — and right from the start, we could tell, this was not the adventure we had expected. There wasn't much to do.
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Documentary Creation: A Journey of Discovery
Jason Russell:
None of us knew what we were doing. We'd never made a documentary before. We just opened our lens wide, and tried to capture any stories along our way to Sudan.
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