Photo: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine's War/Dance
Artistic expression persists in northern Uganda in spite of the rebel barbarism that has pushed hundreds of thousands of people into refugee camps. Likewise, filmmakers Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine continue the Hollywood insult of looking at Africa as if it were a high-fashion runway. This is an unfortunate documentary experience, but to be fair, it is the segments that fall to the left of the slash in the film's title that are most irritating. The Fines, a couple with extensive experience writing and directing films for National Geographic, wildly aestheticize the African landscape, propping children in neon-green fields as they relate the horrors rebels committed against their families. Their emotions may not be scripted, but the way the words of these children are organized suggest they've been forced to read from cue cards. Ed Gonzalez
Artistic expression persists in northern Uganda in spite of the rebel barbarism that has pushed hundreds of thousands of people into refugee camps. Likewise, filmmakers Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine continue the Hollywood insult of looking at Africa as if it were a high-fashion runway. This is an unfortunate documentary experience, but to be fair, it is the segments that fall to the left of the slash in the film's title that are most irritating. The Fines, a couple with extensive experience writing and directing films for National Geographic, wildly aestheticize the African landscape, propping children in neon-green fields as they relate the horrors rebels committed against their families. Their emotions may not be scripted, but the way the words of these children are organized suggest they've been forced to read from cue cards. Ed Gonzalez
