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Video References

Talking Arts: The evolution of theatre in Uganda.

 

 

This video talks about theatre in Uganda, how its purpose and meaning have changed drastically through the centuries. 

COVID 19 IS REAL STAY HOME. DON'T MOVE.

 

This video is about Covid-19 in Uganda and is asking the public to take precautions because of the virus. The message is: By staying home you are saving lives. 


 

Uganda National Cultural Center The National Theater.

This video is about the Uganda National Cultural Center. There are two main sections of the UNCC: the National Theatre and the Nommo Gallery. The location of UNCC is in Kampala, as mentioned in the play Come Good Rain

 

KICK STARTER: Role of theatre in shaping Uganda's politics.

 

This video is a news report about Uganda’s politics and theatre, how these two things are intertwined in Uganda. 

 

For these refugees, theatre plays a ‘vital role’ in healing. 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/for-these-refugees-theater-plays-a-vital-role-in-healing

This is a link to PBS, which talks about the possibilities of theatre as healing and how that idea originated.

Brown, Jeffrey. "For These Refugees, Theater Plays a 'Vital Role' in Healing." PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, 13 May 2019. Web. 26 Nov. 2020.

How theatre helps these Syrian refugees manage the trauma of war. 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-theater-helps-these-syrian-refugees-manage-the-trauma-of-war

This is a link to PBS; in the video, they speak about how theatre has helped understand and cope with their trauma.  

Brabant, Malcolm. "How Theater Helps These Syrian Refugees Manage the Trauma of War." PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, 27 Mar. 2019. Web. 07 Dec. 2020.

 

This article speaks on how drama therapy can be a promising way to work preventively and in a non-stigmatizing manner with teenagers who have experienced war and violence.

https://journals-sagepub-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/doi/10.1177/1359104507078477

Rousseau, Cécile, Maryse Benoit, Marie-France Gauthier, Louise Lacroix, Néomée Alain, Musuk Viger Rojas, Alejandro Moran, and Dominique Bourassa. "Classroom Drama Therapy Program for Immigrant and Refugee Adolescents: A Pilot Study." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 12.3 (2007): 451-65. Print.

Add'l Sources

"Blood Diamonds and Land Corruption in Sierra Leone - News." Transparency.org. Web. 26 Nov. 2020.

Brown, Jeffrey. "For These Refugees, Theater Plays a 'vital Role' in Healing." PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, 13 May 2019. Web. 26 Nov. 2020.

Ehntholt, Kimberly A., Patrick A. Smith, and William Yule. "School-based Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Group Intervention for Refugee Children Who Have Experienced War-related Trauma." Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 10.2 (2005): 235-50. Print.

Dinesh, N. (2016). Theatre and war notes from the field. Cambridge: Open Book.

Gwyn, D. (1977). Idi Amin: Death-light of Africa. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

Jennings, S. (Ed.). (2009). Dramatherapy and Social Theatre. London: Routledge, https://doi-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/10.4324/9780203876367

Kurahashi, Yuko. “Theatre as the Healing Space: Ping Chong’s Children of War.” Studies in Theatre and Performance, vol. 24, no. 1, Jan. 2004, pp. 23–36.

"Refugee Student Fund." Innis Alumni & Friends. 28 Nov. 2019. Web. 26 Nov. 2020.

"Research Digest: Therapeutic Work with Refugees, Asylum-seekers and Those Affected by War." Journal of Child Psychotherapy 44.3 (2018): 435-45. Print.

Seremba, George. Come Good Rain. Winnipeg: Blizzard,  1993. Web 

"The True Story Of Blood Diamonds - Full Documentary." YouTube. YouTube, 23 Nov. 2016. Web. 26 Nov. 2020. <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blood+diamonds+documentary>.

Web.<https://www.brucewiggins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/00-Leonard-Immersive-Sound-for-Theatre.pdf>.

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