UMA THURMAN - THURMAN TO HELP CHILD SOLDIERS

THURMAN TO HELP CHILD SOLDIERS

UMA THURMAN has signed on to star in an independent movie to raise awareness of the plight of child soldiers.
The Kill Bill actress will appear in upcoming film Girl Soldier which tells the story of the 1996 abduction of 140 schoolgirls in Uganda who were forced to fight as soldiers and serve as sex slaves.
Thurman will play the nun who tracked down the armed rebels responsible and secured the release of 110 of the children, according to Variety.com.
The Hollywood star admits she was keen to thrown her weight behind the project - in a bid to help other children in Africa.
She says, "This is a film that had to get made. It's beyond me that in this day and age the exploitation of child soldiers goes virtually unnoticed and unchecked by Western media."
Filming is scheduled to start in early 2010.