by Alex Ruf

This Wednesday at 8 p.m., Invisible Children will present its new movie, “Tony,” at Memorial Hall.

The movie documents the past eight years of a Ugandan named Tony’s life and how it has been affected by war in Uganda.

“We will be one of the first to see (“Tony”),” international studies senior Emily Browning said.

Browning is the president of UK’s Invisible Children Club on campus. She has been working with the group for the past four years and has helped bring the Invisible Children event to campus every year.

“Invisible Children exists to raise awareness about children who are abducted and forced to fight as soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group currently terrorizing central east Africa,” Lauren Grace, Invisible Children “roadie” team leader, said.

Browning said this movie will be a completely new experience for those who are familiar with the Invisible Children cause. This movie reflects the organization’s new goal of not only stopping the use of child soldiers in Uganda, but also in surrounding nations.

This will be the first movie Invisible Children has made that is not centered solely on Uganda. “Tony” shows how the nations around Uganda are affected by the war.

Four speakers, or roadies, will accompany the showing of the movie. Three of the four are college students who are active with Invisible Children. The fourth speaker, Francis Onekalit, is a native Ugandan who can give firsthand insight into the situation. Onekalit has been personally affected by the civil war.

After the screening of the movie, the speakers will be available for a question and answer session regarding their experiences.

The national group Invisible Children was founded by three college filmmakers who journeyed to Africa in 2003. Since then, it has been using film and other media outlets to spread its message. Its most famous work was the original documentary called “Invisible Children.”

Invisible Children recently lobbied the federal government to pass a bill that would take a stronger stance on the use of child soldiers in Africa. This bill passed in 2010, and was called the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act.

The group Students Taking Action Globally also worked with Invisible Children to bring “Tony” to campus.

“STAG and Invisible Children is just a collaboration that makes sense,” STAG president Brook Davies said.

STAG is a student-run organization with the goal of raising awareness about issues in the world, such as world poverty and the AIDS epidemic.