In Australia young girls giggle and talk about boys..in Africa they run at you screaming with an AK 47 or is that the other way around…

Rebelle or “War Witch” is the story of a child solider in Africa. Whilst the film was made by a Canadian company in the french language, there is considerable input from the inhabitants of that African continent producing a very realistic rendering of African child soldiers today.

Komona is abducted from her village and forced to shoot her parents to show her loyalty. She is then forced into a brutal training regime for one of the many wars Africa has going on all the time.

She somehow develops the ability to “see” where the enemy is hiding (the film gets all magic mushroomy and fantastic here) and becomes known as a witch. Probably because of the milky hallucinogenic sap the other soldiers keep forcing her to drink..She is taken to the rebel leader to act as his War Witch and advise him on tactics according to ritual.