War Witch (Rebelle)
Directed by: Kim NguyenCast list: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Ralph Prosper, Mizinga Mwinga, Jean Kabuya, Jupiter Bokondji, Starlette Mathata, Alex Herabo
Country: Canada
Year: 2012
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 90 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Original version with subtitles in Spanish
Komona, a girl in Sub-Saharan Africa, tells the story to her unborn child about her kidnapping by rebels and forced to join their bloody civil war. When she discovers a valuable intuition about the presence of the enemy, she is elevated as a witch and favored by the rebel leader. However, this special status threatens to be short-lived in this world of superstition and senseless brutality even as the ghosts of the war dead haunt her visions. However, when a newfound friend convinces her to desert, Komona finds escaping that brutal life is far from easy with its physical and spiritual consequences following her wherever she goes.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Secondary school, 14 to 16##COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / women (and/or violence against women) / culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / sexuality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, abortion / human geography / alcoholisme, drugaddictions / human rights / death and grief /
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