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Documentaries and social cinema exhibition

10th edition| 12-16 october 2016

KEVIN - WILL MY PEOPLE FIND PEACE?

ELISA MEREGHETTI E MARCO MENSA

ITALIA | 2015 | 42'

The portrait of Kevin Doris Ejon, Ugandan journalist, 29 years old. She is one of the few journalists having interviewed Joseph Kony, leader of the rebel militia of the Lord's Resistance Army, which, in the last 25 years, has spread terror and death in northern Uganda. Kevin wonders about the trauma of war and the difficult path that leads to peace and reconciliation.Those who have committed and / or experienced violence, can rebuild a normal life? Is it possible to forget? What is the role of women in reconciliation and peace building?

Elisa Mereghetti works since 1984  at New York RAI Corporation. Her first documentary, "Mother of Waters", (1988), is about the cult of  Yemanja, the sea goddess in Afro-Brazilian culture. She directed several anthropological, social and naturalistic documentaries, on behalf of RAI and international organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme.

Marco Mensa, director and director of photography since 1980. He researches about anthropological and social subjects, history, art and nature. He has directed several documentaries on behalf of RAI and non-governmental organizations, around the world.