Filmed in the war-zone of northern Uganda over a period of three years, Children of War follows a group of former child soldiers as they escape the battlefield, enter a rehabilitation center, and undergo a process of trauma therapy and emotional healing.
Having been abducted from their homes and schools and forced to become fighters by the Lord’s Resistance Army – a quasi-religious militia led by self-proclaimed prophet and war criminal Joseph Kony – the children struggle to confront and break through years of captivity, extreme religious indoctrination, and participation in war crimes with the help of a team of trauma counselors.
As the children are guided forward into new lives by these fearless allies, Children of War illuminates a powerful and cathartic story of forgiveness and renewal in the aftermath of war.
From 2010 to 2012, the United Nations Office of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict and their global advocacy campaign “Zero Under 18” screened and distributed Children of War as an educational tool to galvanize Nation-States to sign and ratify the 
Children of War has also been instrumental in catalyzing global awareness and conversation around the issues of international justice, war crimes, and crimes against humanity through its collaboration with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.
