Berkley Center

This film guide provides material on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a religiously motivated militia from northern Uganda led by indicted war criminal Joseph Kony. Two BBC interviews—one with Kony, another with an official of the Ugandan government who tried to negotiate with Kony—provide insight into the nature of the militant group, its leader, and its brutal, decades-long conflict with the Ugandan government. This guide includes links to video and audio of the interviews, transcripts of the interviews, information on the historical context of the conflict, a list of key terms, discussion questions, and recommended further readings. The film guide is appropriate for use with the Berkley Center’s Religion and Conflict Case Study Uganda: Religiously-Inspired Insurgency.