Grace, Milly, Lucy... Child Soldiers (Classroom Length)

201051 min 57 secFilm: Documentary

14A

Direction: Raymonde Provencher

Production: Raymonde ProvencherColette Loumède (National Film Board of Canada)Robert Cornellier (Macumba DOC inc.)Patricio HenríquezJohanne Bergeron

Script: Raymonde Provencher

Produced by Macumba DOC Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, Crédit d'imôt cinéma et télévision - Gestion SODEC, Crédit d'impôt pour production cinématographique ou magnétoscopique canadienne and the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, and with the collaboration of Télé-Québec and TV5.

Over the past twenty years, more than 30,000 Ugandan children have been abducted by rebel troops and forced into in armed conflict. Many of these child soldiers are girls. Grace, Milly Lucy...Child Soldiers explores this little-known reality.

When they return from captivity, girls who were trained to kill and often forced to “marry” their captors must readjust to life within their community. Clinging to their dreams, Grace, Milly and Lucy are trying to restore meaning to their lives and break the silence surrounding the fate of a sacrificed generation.

Combining personal accounts and scenes from daily life, this documentary conjures up the stifled echoes of a painful past and dares to believe that a better future is within reach for these women who are united in a common struggle.

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Subject categories


  • Children and Youth > Children's RightsViolence and Child AbuseWar and YouthYouth of the World
  • Women > Military ForcesViolence Against Women
  • Social Studies > Development/Global Issues
  • Media Education > Documentary Film
  • Civics/Citizenship > Human Rights
  • History and Citizenship Education > Issues in Society Today

Credits


producer
Raymonde Provencher
Colette Loumède
Johanne Bergeron
writer
Raymonde Provencher
director
Raymonde Provencher
editing
Marina Popova
Denis Boisvert
director of photography
François Beauchemin
location sound
Marcel Fraser
sound editing
Claude Langlois
assistant director
Isabelle Longtin
research
Raymonde Provencher
Isabelle Longtin
Isabelle-Anne Bélanger
field research
Peter Acuch
Jude M. Rubanga
additional sound
Robert Cornellier
translation
Peter Acuch
Charles Olango
mix
Luc Léger
foley
Claude Langlois
online editing
Denis Gathelier
Françoise Laprise
on-line technical support
Martine Forget
Isabelle Painchaud
subtitles
Productions Manitou Inc.
titles
Gaspard Gaudreau
legal advisor
Lussier & Khouzam
administrator
John Chretien
Manon Provencher
coordinator
Mélanie Lasnier
production manager
Mélanie Lasnier
marketing officer
François Jacques
marketing officer - assistance
Émilie Nguyen Ngoc
technical coordinator
Richard Cliche
production coordinator
Hélène Regimbal
Dominique Brunet
administrative assistant
Lise Lévesque
associate producer
Maryse Chapdelaine
executive producer
Robert Cornellier
Patricio Henríquez
Raymonde Provencher
executive producer in development
Yves Bisaillon