{"id":64883,"date":"2013-02-21T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T10:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2013\/02\/21\/war-witch-rachel-mwanza-gets-visa-to-attend-oscars\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T09:35:34","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T09:35:34","slug":"war-witch-rachel-mwanza-gets-visa-to-attend-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/war-witch-rachel-mwanza-gets-visa-to-attend-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"War Witch’s Rachel Mwanza Gets Visa To Attend Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

War Witch<\/a>‘s Rachel gets visa to attend Oscars<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

February 21, 2013<\/p>\n

Source: Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rachel Mwanza<\/strong>, who won best actress prizes in Berlin and Tribeca last year for her lead performance in War Witch<\/a><\/strong>, has been granted a visa to travel from Congo to North America in order to attend the Oscars on Sunday and other awards shows.<\/p>\n

War Witch<\/a> is nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Mwanza was a non-pro when she was discovered living on the streets of Kinshasa and was cast in the movie about a 12-year-old girl who is kidnapped by African rebels, forced to kill her parents at gunpoint and then fight as a child soldier against the government.<\/p>\n

According to Tribeca Film, which acquired War Witch for North America, the filmmakers continue to provide her with a caregiver and oversee her education. The film is directed by Kim Nguyen<\/a><\/strong> is also nominated as Best International Film at Saturday\u2019s Independent Spirit Awards, has 12 nominations for Canadian Screen Awards on March 3 and 9 nominations for Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Jutras on March 17.<\/p>\n

Tribeca is platforming the film starting March 1 in New York, then March 8 in Los Angeles and in select cities thereafter. It will be available VOD from February 26.<\/p>\n

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