Dormant: Rebel Priestess

This is a true story, experienced first-hand, of the rise and fall of Alice Lakwena, a young priestess, who sprang from nowhere in Northern Uganda's post-war vacuum of 1986-7 to lead a formidable insurgency against the Ugandan government - a fierce 14 month civil war in which over 10,000 died in large scale battles. The rebel group Alice lead, called The Holy Spirit Movement, possessed all the traits of a primitive cult, and on the outside appeared desparate and insane. Looking closer, it had its own weird rationale, morals grafted from Christianity and traditional folklore, its feet in Uganda's bloody, political past. This is not, however a political documention, but more an atmospheric tale of magical quality, stranger than fiction, and both funny and sad.