<p>Northern Uganda on the eve of the millennium: The daughter of American missionaries and a local teenage girl steal into a darkened church to seal their love in a secret makeshift wedding ceremony. But when the surrounding war zone encroaches on their fragile union they cannot escape its reach. Confronting the religious and cultural roots of intolerance <em>Cardboard Piano</em> explores violence and its aftermath as well as the human capacity for hatred forgiveness and love.