Uganda, 1986. Civil war has broken out. Over the next two decades, thousands of girls and boys are kidnapped by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army rebels and its notorious leader Joseph Kony. They spend their adolescence as warriors and sexual servants, in the wilderness and in squalid camps. Is a normal life ever possible for the female survivors of war? Four Women of Gulu Town vividly portrays the stories of four of these teens, and the challenges they faced after they escaped and returned from years with the rebels. The bonds they formed in captivity have become the foundation of a unique sisterhood today.
Salon members Pauline Greenlick and Lou Picard, and Salon director Will Zavala are at last premiering their hour-long documentary at the legendary Melwood Screening Room.
WHEN: Saturday, May 17
6:30p Food & Social
7:00p Screening & Discussion
WHERE: Melwood Screening Room
477 Melwood Avenue, in North Oakland
ADMISSION: FREE. Reserve your space at the Eventbrite page
Thanks to CMU College of Fine Arts for hosting this event.
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