The clip that stirred a cause, perhaps

Monday, March 4, 2013 - 18:20 in Psychology & Sociology

A Ugandan boy speaking almost perfect English struggles to maintain his composure as he discusses his brother, who was kidnapped and killed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a militant group led by indicted war criminal Joseph Kony. “We may meet in heaven,” Jacob Acaye says of his brother. He bows his head, covering his face with both hands, and begins to cry uncontrollably. A man’s reassuring voice is heard: “It’s OK, it’s OK.” He makes a promise to the sobbing boy, “We’re going to stop them.” Later, another boy, Gavin Russell, blond and smiling, sits in front of the same man — his father, Jason — as he slides a photograph of Kony across a table. “Can I tell you the bad guy’s name?” Jason Russell says. He pushes the photo closer. “Joseph Kony takes children from their parents and . . . makes them shoot and kill other people.” Gavin looks...

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