{"id":1339,"date":"2025-06-16T13:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10068\/project\/strange-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:53:36","slug":"strange-news","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/neue.nl\/en\/project\/strange-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"my-32 lg:my-60\"  name=\"text\">\n    <div class=\"container grid grid-cols-12 gap-5 relative\">\n\n        <div class=\"col-span-12 lg:col-span-8 lg:col-start-4 grid gap-5 lg:gap-10\">\n\n            \n                            <div class=\"prose\">\n                    <p><strong>The New European Ensemble presented <em data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"90\">Strange News<\/em>. <em data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"106\">Strange News<\/em> is a moving interdisciplinary work focusing on the lives and fates of child soldiers in our time. Ugandan actor Arthur Kisenyi told the story of a young child soldier, what he experiences, and his eventual return to a peaceful society.<\/strong><\/p>\n                <\/div>\n            \n            \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"my-32 lg:my-60\"  name=\"text\">\n    <div class=\"container grid grid-cols-12 gap-5 relative\">\n\n        <div class=\"col-span-12 lg:col-span-8 lg:col-start-4 grid gap-5 lg:gap-10\">\n\n            \n                            <div class=\"prose\">\n                    <p>This story is brought to life with poignant and multifaceted music by Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin. Film footage illustrates the African context of the narrative. 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