joining us is walter carrington, former ambassador to senegal and nigeria. the ambassador has a good understanding of the conflicts going on on the ground in africa. you had a chance to see this film. what was your opinion of the truths portrayed there? and master carringto ambassador carrington: i thought it was a very good war film and it gave insight into the recruitment of boy soldiers, and although the country is not named, it is obviously based on sierra leone, and i thought it was a very good film and, actually, it had a great documentary quality, much more than fictional quality. in that way i thought it was a powerful film. karen: and the through the eyes of this young man who loses his parents early on in the film, and it kind of details how he becomes the t often think about the young kids, the boys, the girls, the conflict. that is, of course, the great tragedy. in this case you are seeing a young boy who becomes a soldier. on the other hand, now, with the nigeria with boko haram, and the kidnapping of the girls from the girls school, and using y