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When filmmaker Jason Russell's video about Uganda's Joseph Kony went viral and ignited a worldwide movement, what he wanted for so long became what almost destroyed him. He speaks to TODAY's Jenna Bush Hager about the breakdown he suffered just 10 days after the release of "KONY 2012." (TODAY)

"KONY 2012" filmmaker Jason Russell was briefly detained by police following a strange incident near his San Diego home. NBC's Craig Melvin reports. (TODAY)

Legal expert Star Jones, media mogul Donny Deutsch and TODAY's Savannah Guthrie discuss why a viral video about African warlord Joseph Kony has taken the Internet by storm. (TODAY)

Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the viral "Kony 2012" campaign, talks with TODAY's Ann Curry about why the video has moved so many young people, and assures her that his social movement is not merely "slacktivism." (TODAY)

If you've been on Twitter or Facebook recently, you've probably seen a viral campaign called "Kony 2012." But who's behind it this effort to get rid of a Ugandan warlord accused of war crimes and sexual slavery? NBC's Craig Melvin reports. (TODAY)