In a Soldier’s Footsteps

7thMay. × ’06
In a Soldier's Footsteps

In a Soldier’s Footsteps (Denmark, 2005, Director: Mette Zeruneith, 89 minutes): Truth really is stranger than fiction. When we first meet Steven Ndugga in 1999, he’s a personable and articulate refugee living in Denmark who approaches the filmmakers wanting to have his story told. A former child soldier, he escaped Uganda with his life, but lost his wife and son. Years later, during the filming of this documentary, he receives information that his son is still alive, and is in fact now a child soldier himself. After Steven returns to Uganda to find his son, he disappears. Over the next five years, he reappears and then disappears again, and the story just keeps getting stranger. Like a Graham Greene novel, the film finds the truth elusive, but it makes a fascinating tale.

Article about the film on the Danish Film Institute web site

9/10(9/10)

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4 Comments

  1. Julius Muhumuza
    Posted May 12, 2006 at 6:53 pm | Permalink

    thanks for this great revelation.
    Where can I purchase this documentary?

    Julius

  2. Frank Bagonza
    Posted October 5, 2006 at 9:30 pm | Permalink

    The Story sounds interesting and therefore the documentary a must watch, kindly help me get this documentary

  3. solomons
    Posted September 12, 2008 at 6:00 pm | Permalink

    Does anyone know s where i can buy “In a Soldier’s Footsteps” DVD please can you let me know, you can send me an email (solossenku@yahoo.co.uk) thank you.

  4. Josh Karama
    Posted October 16, 2008 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

    This is a must have!!! I have tried to look for a copy on Amazon.co.uk but to no avail.
    Please if somebody out their knows where i can buy myself a copy, let me know.
    Thank you.