Gilroy
– A film documenting the effects of 18 years of brutal
kidnappings committed by a rebel group in Africa will be shown at
Gavilan College on Tuesday.
Gilroy – A film documenting the effects of 18 years of brutal kidnappings committed by a rebel group in Africa will be shown at Gavilan College on Tuesday.
“Invisible Children” chronicles the experience of three journalists who discovered thousands of children sleeping in the streets of Africa’s northern Uganda to avoid abduction.
For nearly two decades, the Lord’s Resistance Army has forcefully and violently kidnapped children from their homes. The film details the unfolding events as the filmmakers try to understand the children’s experience running for their lives each night and why the rebel group commits such atrocities.
The filmmakers, all three in their early 20s, either attend or have graduated from college in Southern California and are touring the state to present their documentary. They hope to return to Uganda to continue documenting the children affected by the rebel group.
Gavilan anthropology instructor Kristin Cheney invited the filmmakers to Gavilan, and they will be at the college Tuesday to discuss the film after its screening.
The event will take place at 2pm and 7pm at Gavilan College’s main campus, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd., in the social sciences building, room 214. The event is free and open to the public. Groups are welcome.
