Child Soldier

15 year old Madeleine came to the UN to testify about the horrors of life at the hands of Thomas Lubanga as a Child Soldier. This was an official selection at the Int'l Doc. Film Festival:
http://www.idfa.nl/en/festival/films-a-z/film.aspx?id=32861
I shot this and did the preliminary edit. Directed by Diana Ferrero with Josh Rushing doing the interviews. The content speaks for itself as does Madeleine.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Congo
• child
• soldier
• UN
• blood
• diamonds
• Lubanga

[orchidislandjuice]

Thank you for posting this, Tim. Wonderful photography, shooting, eye.... We need more windows to the world. Where was this broadcast?

[timjbd]

Thanks, Lisa.

This was shot in the Congo and in Manhattan. It was broadcast on the Al Jazeera English program, "People and Power."

[AgileHProductions]

That was great. Very interesting piece. Much different than my upbringing in Toledo.

[timjbd]

Which part was unlike Toledo?

[yankee82090]

such a sad story but im glad she's doing better....war is bad.....

[char121214]

wow cant imagine yourself being trained for war and being ra**d and drinking and smoking just to make us be fearless this how mad the world is....

[97azeb]

Hey colonizers, happy now?

[smkb6233]

cool

[Lakena2552]

Im so Glad that she is Doing well !!! And She is Truely a Blessing to Many People

God has Brought her From a Mighty Long way and Changed her Life she is Truely a Blessing from God !! I Wish that she was My Daughter She is so Sweet.

[DavidTheCatholic]

@topbluffa1 Your level of stupidity knows no bounds.

[nicmobass]

@eviltreemonster so what are you saying? I'm wondering if you have tried to put yourself in her position.

[topbluffa1]

aficans shouldn't get guns :S

[topbluffa1]

so if i force you to kill people it will be your fault?

[TashaRichardsonFan1]

So tragic:'(

[Classic905]

@eviltreemonster but it was during War. If people came into your village, town, city and started killing everyone, wouldn't you want to defend your lands? I sure as hell would, I'm not gonna let random soldiers pillage and rape everything I know. You'd have to be mentally retarded to let people do that to you. You clearly are.