The event is free and open to the public.

The touring team of Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole created the documentary following a trip to northern Uganda.

What started out as a filmmaking adventure turned into much more. The men discovered that every night children were being kidnapped from their homes and subsequently forced to fight as child soldiers.

The children, captured by a rebel group called the "Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)," were desensitized to the horrors of brutal violence and killing, and turned into vicious fighters.

The film focuses on four young boys. Through their eyes, viewers relive the terror of abduction, the courage of survival, the heartbreak of losing a brother, and the innate joy found only in children.

"Invisible Children: Rough Cut" highlights what are referred to as "night commuters," children who "commute" out of fear, from their villages to nearby towns each night in order to avoid LRA abductions. They sleep in public places vulnerable and without supervision. The film is dedicated to exposing this tragic story and to creating an awareness of what is happening to these African children.

The United Nations estimates that 300,000 children under the age of 18 were forcibly conscripted or abducted by fighting forces to become instruments of war.

For more information about Wednesday's event, contact Corey Cook at ccook@hastings.edu.

The Hastings College Child Defenders organization was formed to educate students and faculty regarding children's issues and to be advocates of change in the well-being of children in Nebraska and across the nation.