Peter T Chattaway Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Uma Thurman is a 'Girl Soldier' Uma Thurman will topline indie drama "Girl Soldier" for Caspian Pictures, portraying a cleric who helped rescue 140 schoolgirls abducted in Uganda. . . . Story's based on Kathy Cook's book "Stolen Angels," which follows the 1996 raid at a boarding school, where a band of armed rebels abducted young girls to turn them into soldiers and sex slaves. A teacher at the school, Sister Caroline, tracked the rebels back to their camp to demand the girls' release; 110 were returned to the nun, who then began a crusade over the next few years as she rallied parents, the government, the United Nations and the pope to aid in rescuing not only her own girls but other children in rebel captivity. . . . Variety, July 20 Quote "Sympathy must precede belligerence. First I must understand the other, as it were, from the inside; then I can critique it from the outside. So many people skip right to the latter." -- Steven D. Greydanus Now blogging at Patheos.com. I can also still be found at Facebook, Twitter and Flickr. See also my film journal. Link to post Share on other sites
pilgrimscrybe Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 (edited) I'm assuming this film is based on the Aboke abductions? This is a horrific and yet amazing story, and I, for one, am acutely curious as to how this will translate on film. I've read many and have heard several testimonies of survivors of the LRA and Kony's evil (yes, I confess I am opinionated on this one), and it is mind- and soul-blowing how some of these kids come out of that kind of horror with faith and strength. I still have a bracelet from Invisible Children that reminds me of their stories. Edited July 22, 2009 by pilgrimscrybe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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