MHRFF Quebec Prize for Socially Engaged Documentary

The population is the battleground in “one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world,” where war continues between rebels and the Ugandan government. As rebels abduct and force children and adults into their ranks, thousands flood into towns searching for security. In response, the government forces 1.7 million people into camps. Instead of protection, the camps offer disease and death. Shot entirely onsite and told exclusively through the images, voices and perspectives of Ugandans.

Prix
Prix du public aux Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal 2007.

Catherine Hébert
Catherine Hébert obtained a B. A. in Communication and entered a graduate program in international journalism in Québec and France. She directed documentaries and various reports in India, Nepal, Uganda and worked for Points Chauds, an international news program on Télé-Québec. Her most recent report, The Face I once Had, looks at acid attacks on women in Bangladesh. It won Best News Report at the 2006 Gémeaux Award, honouring French-language achievement in Canadian television.