By Watchdog reporter
We have exclusively learnt that talented actor Chanpapo Godfrey who played the Joseph Kony character in the new ‘Kony: Order from Above’ movie has passed on.
The sad news has been revealed by Chanpapo’s relative who described the deceased as a fighter who pushed on until his organs failed him.
Steve Ayeny, the movie director described Chanpapo as a man with so much talent, so much passion and calmness both on screen and in real life.
May His Soul Rest In Peace.
About the Movie:
Award winning new Kony movie “Kony: Order from Above” is based on actual happenings and it tells a story of two youth, Otti and Aguti who fall in love during the tumultuous northern Uganda Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency.
They are however separated when Otti is abducted at age 11. While in abduction, Otti attempts to escape back home and is instead caught and battered at each attempt.
He decides to stay in the bush with the LRA rebels and is soon introduced into the inner command circle of notorious LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony’s. Despite his concession to notoriety, his love for Aguti remained undeterred. In an attempt to sustain it, Otti wrote letters to Aguti through the village reverend.
During the LRA raid to Aboke Girls School, Aguti and other girls are then abducted.
Upon arrival at the Kony camp, the abductees are shown to Kony who falls love with Aguti instantly without knowledge of the relationship between her and Otti. This teaser trailer reveals a picture of love, loss and hope.
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