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Interfaith film misses Oscar, but raises hope in Africa

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RNS A scene from ‘Watu Wote’, based on the militant ambush of a Mandera, Kenya, bus in December, 2015. PICTURE: Courtesy of Hamberg Media School It didn’t bring home an Oscar this week, but a film nominated for one is helping to spread a message that many Africans said is too rarely heard: that people […]

Kenyan bus ambush in which Muslims shielded Christians is now a movie

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RNS A scene from the Watu Wote film, based on the militant ambush of a Mandera, Kenya, bus in December, 2015. PICTURE: Hamberg Media School A bus attack in northern Kenya during which Muslims shielded Christians from al-Shabab militants is the subject of a fictional film adaptation that focuses on religious integration and coexistence. Watu […]