Sixteen years after rebels abducted him as a child, Opono Opondo returns home to Uganda as an adult war commander. Now he has to readapt to civil society.

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Opono grew up to become a war commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army of Joseph Kony. Sixteen years after his abduction by the rebels, Opono must now fight for acceptance back home, in a place where he doesn’t know how to act and where the neighbors fear him. The film follows Opono’s fight for his future, while simultaneously struggling to come to terms with his past and to reconcile with his family.

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While Opono pursues a new career as a carpenter - he opens a shop and designs business cards – he attempts to reconnect with the people closest to him: his brother, his uncle and his best friend who used to be in the LRA with him. A daytrip to visit his mom painfully exposes how the scars of war still continue to divide them.

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One day Opono’s former comrade, LRA top commander Dominic Ongwen, is captured and taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ongwen is charged with seventy counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Questions of accountability start to consume Opono’s thoughts when, suddenly, he gets an opportunity. Opono makes an important decision to save his future.

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​SPECIFICATIONS

Length:        76 minutes  

Language:   Acholi & English  

Subtitles:     English & Dutch  

Format:       16:9 Widescreen

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For more information and the director's statement visit the website.

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AWARDS

WINNER BEST FEATURE FILM Justice Film Festival (New York City) International Premiere.

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