‘War Witch’ feature film is work of gripping imagination

Winner of the Best Picture and Best Actress Awards at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, War Witch (Rebelle) is the gripping and moving tale of two children, forcibly conscripted into a rebel army in an unnamed African country.

A richly imagined character study that unfolds in the manner of a magical realist fable, and told from the children’s point-of-view, the unforgettable film is the fourth feature film from Kim Nguyen, a Montreal-based filmmaker of Vietnamese descent. While unnamed in the film, the actual filming location was the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the long road to the film’s completion could be the subject of a film all by itself.

Academy Award® Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film 2013. In French and Lingala with English subtitles.

At the Detroit Film Theatre, inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave. in Midtown’s Cultural Center.