http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/child-soldiers 2008-12-02T16:48:36Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45792-children-of-congo-from-war-to-witches 2008-12-02T16:48:36Z Dan Balluff <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ew4rd1YyD7A&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ew4rd1YyD7A&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45792-children-of-congo-from-war-to-witches"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53075" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Over five million people have died during the past decade as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few Americans are aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction in this vast country located deep in the heart of Africa. In the aftermath of this brutal war, children have endured the brunt of the suffering. This 56 minute film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in Kinshasa as well as the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and prostitution. This documentary also examines the efforts being made to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and orphaned children following the volcanic eruption near the city of Goma, in Eastern Congo, and to bring some measure of hope and stability to the lives of the Congolese people following the democratic elections in 2006.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45792-children-of-congo-from-war-to-witches">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45791-children-of-congo-from-war-to-witches-trailer 2008-12-02T16:48:36Z Dan Balluff <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzaiNldlr5s&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pzaiNldlr5s&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45791-children-of-congo-from-war-to-witches-trailer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/53074" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Over five million people have died during the past decade as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few Americans are aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction in this vast country located deep in the heart of Africa. In the aftermath of this brutal war, children have endured the brunt of the suffering. This 56 minute film documents the plight of thousands of street children living in Kinshasa as well as the wide-spread accusations of child witchcraft, torture and prostitution. This documentary also examines the efforts being made to reintegrate demobilized child soldiers, displaced refugees, and orphaned children following the volcanic eruption near the city of Goma, in Eastern Congo, and to bring some measure of hope and stability to the lives of the Congolese people following the democratic elections in 2006.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45791-children-of-congo-from-war-to-witches-trailer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45107-people-power-child-soldiers-22-jun-08 2008-10-27T15:30:09Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uVDEmxoBFB4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uVDEmxoBFB4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45107-people-power-child-soldiers-22-jun-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/51688" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>People & Power follows a former child soldier, known only as Madeleine, from the Democratic Republic of Congo as she undertakes an advocacy mission at the UN for the Commission on the Status of Women.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45107-people-power-child-soldiers-22-jun-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/40042-burundi-urged-to-demobilise-child-soldiers-25-may-08 2008-10-17T21:31:28Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yc5A7rFB9DQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yc5A7rFB9DQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/40042-burundi-urged-to-demobilise-child-soldiers-25-may-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/45188" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Military leaders have fuelled Burundi's 10 year armed conflict by recruiting and abducting children, destroying their childhood and their future. Mohammed Adow, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Burundi, reports on the extent of child soldiering and the process of demobilising child soldiers in the context of conflict and poverty. Meanwhile, both government and opposition forces have been accused of enlisting children as young as 11 to fight their cause.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/40042-burundi-urged-to-demobilise-child-soldiers-25-may-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32384-the-onion-schools-trail-in-child-soldier-aptitude 2008-10-27T09:31:17Z Onion News Network <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tmvw7N-Nn1U&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tmvw7N-Nn1U&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/32384-the-onion-schools-trail-in-child-soldier-aptitude"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/34884" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A shocking new study finds U.S. children lag far behind their international peers in subjects like rifle assembly and mine defusing. More coverage at: <a href="http://onion.com">onion.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/32384-the-onion-schools-trail-in-child-soldier-aptitude">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30203-be-invisible-buy-invisible-give-invisible 2008-12-02T16:35:52Z Invisible Children <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MNVSPa44T-w&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MNVSPa44T-w&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/30203-be-invisible-buy-invisible-give-invisible"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32535" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>http://www.invisiblechildren.com/holidaystore2008/index.html <br />BE INVISIBLE <br />Stock up on compassion this season and wear your heart on your sleeve, or on your new IC hoodie.</p> <p>BUY INVISIBLE <br />Shop for peace through our four special edition products and the rest of the IC line.</p> <p>GIVE INVISIBLE <br />Give the most by giving nothing. Donate to IC and be truly invisible.</p> <p>WATCH A HIGH QUALITY VERSION <br />http://www.invisiblechildren.com/mailers/holiday08/video/index.html</p> </div> <a href="/blog/30203-be-invisible-buy-invisible-give-invisible">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9590-the-shadows-of-peace-life-after-the-lra-part-2 2008-11-20T17:05:44Z OneWorldTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5fnr7Q2GDj0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5fnr7Q2GDj0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9590-the-shadows-of-peace-life-after-the-lra-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9719" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In Northern Uganda the bells of peace are starting to ring out. But after two decades of death, displacement and trauma, the obstacles on the path toward peace could be just as challenging as the war itself.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9590-the-shadows-of-peace-life-after-the-lra-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9577-the-shadows-of-peace-life-after-the-lra-part-1 2008-10-16T09:30:51Z OneWorldTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qa_QaP23eGk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qa_QaP23eGk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9577-the-shadows-of-peace-life-after-the-lra-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9706" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In Northern Uganda the bells of peace are starting to ring out. But after two decades of death, displacement and trauma, the obstacles on the path toward peace could be just as challenging as the war itself.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9577-the-shadows-of-peace-life-after-the-lra-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8212-people-power-taylor-un-made-18-jul-07-part-1 2008-10-14T11:25:30Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/w64gSX0pFVM&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/w64gSX0pFVM&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8212-people-power-taylor-un-made-18-jul-07-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7502" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In Taylor Un-Made Al Jazeera's Gabi Menezes traces the story of Charles Taylor -- a man who went from being President to war-time suspect. In Re-Taylored People & Power profiles the extraordinary work of a 25-year-old Liberian child activist.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8212-people-power-taylor-un-made-18-jul-07-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8211-people-power-taylor-un-made-18-jul-07-part-2 2008-10-14T11:24:36Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvQM_p6LrP4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EvQM_p6LrP4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8211-people-power-taylor-un-made-18-jul-07-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7501" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In Taylor Un-Made Al Jazeera's Gabi Menezes traces the story of Charles Taylor -- a man who went from being President to war-time suspect. In Re-Taylored People & Power profiles the extraordinary work of a 25-year-old Liberian child activist.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8211-people-power-taylor-un-made-18-jul-07-part-2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7433-the-purple-heart 2008-10-14T11:29:25Z Quinn Monahan <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8aF9fKGsv8g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8aF9fKGsv8g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7433-the-purple-heart"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6713" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/7433-the-purple-heart">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6785-frost-over-the-world-child-soldiers-01-jun-07 2008-10-14T21:29:33Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tmLXgOXxhyc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tmLXgOXxhyc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6785-frost-over-the-world-child-soldiers-01-jun-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6065" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Sir David Frost talks to a former child soldier from Sierra Leone and to John Pilger about the plight of the Chagos islanders.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6785-frost-over-the-world-child-soldiers-01-jun-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4957-congo-s-curse-part-1 2008-10-17T13:34:19Z OneWorldTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OmG26S-H998&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OmG26S-H998&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4957-congo-s-curse-part-1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4218" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In 1998 war broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since then, ountless millions of people have been displaced, denied an education or access to health care. As many as four million people have lost their lives.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4957-congo-s-curse-part-1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4956-congo-s-curse-part-2 2008-10-17T13:34:36Z OneWorldTV <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/baP1rtzYonw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/baP1rtzYonw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4956-congo-s-curse-part-2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4217" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In 1998 war broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since then, ountless millions of people have been displaced, denied an education or access to health care. As many as four million people have lost their lives.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4956-congo-s-curse-part-2">Watch the video</a>