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Darfur Now Reviews
This covers a very serious situation, but I wasn't always sure the documentary understood the gravity of what was going on itself.
Provocative, but humbling
A great film about how everyone can help end the genocide in Darfur. It tugs at your conscience of empowers everyone to know that doing something is better than doing nothing. Divest for Darfur!
Interesting, as well as educational, at least for me. Had Sudan rich natural resources, I bet we would have sent in our troops!
I suggest watching this documentary after watching "The Devil Came on Horseback." "The Devil Came On Horseback" shows the horror of the genocide in Darfur, the huge scope of the problem and the apathy in the international community. It reminded me of the Holocaust, and made me wonder what I can do. "Darfur Now" helps to answer that question. It shows six diverse people from different walks of life, and how their efforts help the people of Darfur. It's more uplifting than "The Devil Came On Horseback" because the emphasis is more on solutions than on the problem itself. If you are afraid that "The Devil Came On Horseback is too harsh for you, (or for your older children,) "Darfur Now" might be an easier film to watch and be aware of what is going on. The film has been criticized as being too glossy and too self-congratulating to have any credibility. I disagree. The issue can be successfully covered by a range of film styles. Some people say the crisis in Darfur is not a genocide, but rather a war over land. They say that the people who call it a genocide have ulterior political motives. I'm not an expert on genocide, but Arab nomads are killing black villagers, (all of them civilian) burning their villages and driving them from their homes. If that isn't genocide, what is?
An in-depth look at what is going on in Darfur, and profiles of people who are trying to help.
An interesting and important documentary about the horrors of Darfur.
oil, fuel for the future is and will be OIL! we can debate this another time but the simple facts are the world is CUT up in to national military interest strictly because of oil. The most powerful nation on earth MAIN PRIORITY in social, military interest is about the securing resource such as oil and water for its people. this so call darfur movie is a otherwise propaganda film to gain american/eurocentic sympathy. it is in our interest to establish power with the new government in darfur because there are so much oil in sudan! sad facts tare these mass murder are a form of genocide, but other dictators in the pockets of european union and united state such as democratic republic of congo have know to mass murder up to three million of its own people. all the while we just quietly work out deals with their leaders. countries like Oil and Gas rich Nigeria, Oil and Gas rich Equatorial Guinea all committed atrocity against its poeple that american oil company have contracts with. is the end justify the means of the propaganda movie? should we send american troop to help? money? food? will this stop any dictator that kill it own people? it hasn't work for the mass murders that american bought!
Luis Moreno-Ocampo : I believed in the law because im from Argentina.In 70,i was 18,the killing started.The military killed thousands of people.Then the dictatorship junta trials started.The Top Generals were prosecuted for mass murders.And i was deputy prosecutor, and i saw how the evidence we present changed everything.The military learn they cannot destroy democraty. The truth will prevail.
While an interesting subject that I wished to know more and while there were some very familiar faces (though, some that should not be credited since they were on camera for mere seconds), Darfur Now didn't seem as much like a documentary as I had hoped for. While a lot of office management goes into the laws and whatnot involved with Darfur, the issues are outside those doors and they hardly showed anything really happening. I am very ignorant on the subject and still left the movie wondering what goes on there and why. I guess I had just hoped for too much.
WOW! Activism at its finest!
Very interesting documentary on the crisis in Darfur- if you know nothing about it, watch this film! Really makes you want to get more involved, instead of just standing by as these horrible atrocities continue to happen all over the world (Rwanda, anyone?). I recommend this film to anyone!
Well done documentary and interesting to see the various levels of aid and how it can come together.
The real audacity of hope. Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."
Effectively educational without being sentimental or sensational, this film tells the story of modern genocide and the western cultural denial of it. Kudos to Cheadle for being a voice for those whose story would otherwise still not have been told.
So happy as it seems at the close.. yet the tragedy continues without real relief for those in need. When the people talked about how the white people would come and save them and help them get their lives back, I felt like I wanted to cry.. Here we are in the industrialized would with resources just going to waste, why is it that we cannot show some universal responsibility and truly help those in need... Why is it that everything is about money and we connot be a resourced based system that truly cares about equality and compassion.. Why is it that when 9/11 happened we were so quick to go into Iraq when they didnt even want us there at all, yet when the people are crying out for our help, instead of rushing in and saving the people from the brutality of their own governement, we just argue about what word to call their crisis.
A spin-off of The Devil Rides on Horseback... although some say it's overly produced to make those big-wigs feel good about themselves, I think it's an insightful documentary that sheds light on an important issue in Sudan. More action, less talk!
An incredible story of hope and terror!