Kathmandu, July 27 -- Robot Koenig's 'Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army' is a 2008 documentary film which follows the lives of a few of the many thousand child soldiers who have returned home after the end of the Nepali Civil War.

The documentary features the to-be-expected cast of journalists, scholars, experts, politicians and diplomats, but at its core are the child soldiers - their motivations in joining the war, their experience of the conflict and their difficult reintegration and return home.

The audience is first introduced to Ashish, who shares that he joined the war to fight for every Nepali's right to food, clothing and shelter. As Ashish continues to share his story, however, it becomes evident his joining the ...