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Stronghearted
20124 min 45 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jodie Martinson
Production: Tracey Friesen
Script: Jodie Martinson
Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army kidnapped Evelyn Amony when she was just 12 years old. Kony raped her, and took her as one of his wives. Eventually, Evelyn escaped. Stronghearted tells the first pivotal part of Evelyn’s story as she remembers it years later: the moment she comes face to face with Kony himself. The child regards this man—her kidnapper, her abuser. Facing impossible circumstances, Evelyn begins to wonder: Could he hold the key to her survival?
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Africa
- Social Issues > Violence Against Women
- Women > Violence Against Women
- Children and Youth > Violence and Child Abuse
Credits
- writer
- Jodie Martinson
- director
- Jodie Martinson
- producer
- Tracey Friesen
- animator
- Kunal Sen
- editor
- Kunal Sen
- original music
- Raphael Choi
- sound design
- Raphael Choi
- voice
- Juliane Okot Bitek
- cinematography
- Greg Masuda
- creative consultant
- David Paperny
- translator
- Juliane Okot Bitek
- Denis Dacan
- post-production services
- Paperny Entertainment Inc.
- production coordinator
- Jennifer Roworth
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- production supervisor
- Kathryn Lynch
- marketing manager
- Melissa Wheeler
- program administrator
- Janine Steele
- executive producer
- Tracey Friesen