“War Child” Debuts In DC This Friday

Posted on 03. Dec, 2008 by Redneck Genius in Entertainment, Famous for DC, Front Page, Interesting

War Child the movie debuts in DC this Friday at the E Street Cinema.

War Child is the directorial debut of 30 year old Washingtonian C. Karim Chrobog.  It chronicles the life of Emmanuel Jal – Sudanese child soldier turned international hip hop star (he was just up for an MTV award, played Live 8, with Alicia Keys, J Timberlake and also at Mandela’s 90^th birthday party).  Below is a quick blurb from the movie’s website:

“Left home at the age of seven/one year later I’m carryin’ an Ak-47.” For hip hop artist Emanuel Jal, a former child soldier in Sudan’s brutal civil war, these lyrics are hardly empty posturing. They are the bitter reality of a young man who was “forced to sin” but determined to “never give up and never give in.” Today, wounded but still hopeful, he fights a new battle: bringing peace to his beloved Sudan and building schools in Africa. This time, his weapon is a microphone.

Audiences around the world are raving about “War Child” and it even won Audience Choice at TriBeCa IFF this year.

Added perk:  Reel U Films (the distributor) is kicking back 25% of the distribution fees to GUA Africa – Jal’s organization established to build schools in Sudan.

We challenge all FamousDC readers in DC to go see this movie.  And as our added perk, if you write a review about the movie and send it to us at tips@famousdc.com – we’ll feature it on our front page.

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Tags: Audience Choice TriBeCa IFF, C. Karim Chrobog, Emanuel Jal, GUA Africa, movie, Reel U Films, War Child