Query: Biographical documentary crime war films but not about genocide
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Desert One (film)
La vita non perde valore
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Kony 2012
Lost Children (2005 film)
Ballad of the Little Soldier
The Ambassador (2005 film)
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Of Fathers and Sons
Guantanamo's Child
Children of War (2009 film)
Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army
Evidence from documents: Desert One (film): documentary: '''''Desert One''''' is an 2019 American documentary film directed and produced by Barbara Kopple.
crime war films: The film follows Operation Eagle Claw, a mission that was an attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 embassy staff held hostage at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran.
La vita non perde valore: documentary: '''''La vita non perde valore''''' (''Life does not lose its value'') is a 2012 documentary film about the reintegration into society of former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.
war films: Berton founded the "Family Homes Movement" (FHM) to provide parental care and education to child victims of the country's civil war, during which thousands of children were recruited and used as soldiers by all sides.
crime: Children were often forcibly recruited, given drugs and used to commit atrocities
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On: a 1987 Japanese documentary film by director Kazuo Hara. The documentary centers on Kenzō Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of Japan's campaign in New Guinea in the Second World War, and follows him around as he searches out those responsible for the unexplained deaths of two soldiers in his old unit.
Kony 2012: '''''Kony 2012''''' is a 2012 American short documentary film produced by ''Invisible Children'' creators Invisible Children, Inc. The film's purpose was to make Ugandan cult leader, war criminal, and ICC fugitive Joseph Kony globally known in order to have him arrested by the end of 2012. The film was released on March 5, 2012, and spread virally, and the campaign was initially supported by various celebrities.
Lost Children (2005 film): documentary: '''''Lost Children''''' is a 2005 documentary film by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz about Military use of children in civil war in northern Uganda.
war films: '''''Lost Children''''' is a 2005 documentary film by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz about Military use of children in civil war in northern Uganda.
Ballad of the Little Soldier: '''''Ballad of the Little Soldier''''' () is a 1984 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog about children soldiers in Nicaragua. The film focuses on a group of Miskito Indians who used children soldiers in their resistance against the Sandinistas.
The Ambassador (2005 film): documentary: '''''The Ambassador''''' () is a 2005 Norwegian television documentary film directed by Erling Borgen.
crime war films: Interviews with numerous Central American human rights activists point to Negroponte's alleged complicity in war crimes not only in his nation of diplomatic assignment, but also in neighboring El Salvador as a part of the Salvadoran Civil War and in Nicaragua as an aid to the Contras.
The Trials of Henry Kissinger: '''''The Trials of Henry Kissinger''''' is a 2002 documentary film directed by Eugene Jarecki and narrated by Brian Cox. Inspired by Christopher Hitchens' 2001 book ''The Trial of Henry Kissinger'', the film examines war crimes alleged to have been perpetrated by Henry Kissinger, the National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
Of Fathers and Sons: a 2017 Arabic-language German-Syrian documentary film directed by Talal Derki about radical jihadism and terrorist training in Syria.
Under the guise of a photojournalist sympathetic towards Salafi jihadism, Talal Derki is allowed to enter a village controlled by the al-Nusra Front close to the front line of the Syrian Civil War, and stays with the Osama family.
Guantanamo's Child: The documentary features the story of Omar Khadr, in which he was captured in 2002 by Americans in Afghanistan and was charged with war crimes. The film takes an in-depth look at how Khadr at 15 years old became the center of one of the first American war crimes trial since the 1940s through Khadr's own perspective.
Children of War (2009 film): documentary: '''''Children of War''''' is a 2009 documentary film directed by Bryan Single.
war: The war in northern Uganda lasted for over two decades (1986–2006).
crime: Having been abducted from their homes and schools by the Lord’s Resistance Army—a quasi-religious militia led by international war criminal and self-proclaimed prophet Joseph Kony—the children struggle to confront years of brutal abuse, forced combat and religious indoctrination with the help of a heroic team of trauma counselors.
Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army: '''''Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army''''' is a 2008 documentary film directed by American filmmaker Robert Koenig, and written by Robert Koenig and Brandon Kohrt. The documentary premiered in Hollywood, CA at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in 2008 at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival, where it won the Artivist Award for Children's Advocacy. ''Returned'' also won the award for Best Documentary Short at the Atlanta Underground Film Festival that same year.


''Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army'' tells the personal story of Nepali boys and girls as they attempt to rebuild their lives after fighting in the Nepalese Civil War. Through the voices of former child soldiers, the film examines why these children joined the Maoists and explores the prevention of future recruitment.