The dilemma of the white ant / produced & directed by Caroline Pare ; produced by TVE.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Pare, Caroline, film producer, film director.

Zosel, Barbara, editor of moving image work.

Bradshaw, Steve (Journalist), editor of moving image work, narrator.

Acan, Esther, on-screen participant.

Television Trust for the Environment.

BBC World Service.

Bullfrog Films.

Series:

Life (Bullfrog Films). Series 6 ; program 6.

Life 6 ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ongwen, Dominic, 1975-.

Ongwen, Dominic.

Acan, Esther.

War criminals--Uganda--Biography.

War criminals.

War victims--Uganda--Biography.

War victims.

Uganda--History--1979-.

Uganda.

History.

Uganda--Social conditions--1979-.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Biographies.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (26 min.) : digital, sound, color.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

In northern Uganda, Esther Acan's husband and five year old child were hacked to death by LRA rebels and she was forced to kill her infant. She wants justice--at least punishment for the one who commanded the rebels. But the rest of the village who suffered similar atrocities say revenge will not solve their problems. It is better, they say, to forgive the perpetrators and let them come in from the bush in order to gain peace. But Esther still wants justice, and she has high level support. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Dominic Ongwen, the commander of the rebels who killed her husband and baby. He is to be tried for crimes against humanity. But he was also a victim of a crime, himself abducted by the LRA at the age of 10 and forced to fight for them. It leaves a dilemma for justice, but also for Esther. Despite wanting to testify and bring the perpetrators to account, she is scared. The war is not over. Ongwen and the others are still at large. She fears terrible retribution if she is seen with the ICC.

Participant:

Host, Steve Bradshaw ; with Esther Achan.

Credits:

Editor, Barbara Zosel ; series editor, Steve Bradshaw.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: TVE, ©2008.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).

Publisher Number:

bf-l6dowa Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.