Darfur Now (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Ted Braun

Writer:

Ted Braun (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

An examination of the genocide in Sudan's western region of Darfur.

Plot Keywords:

Darfur | Genocide | Humanitarian | Sudan | Refugee

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Ahmed Mahammed Abaka	...	Himself
Sheikh Ahmed Mohamad Abakar	...	Himself
Hawa Abaker	...	Herself
Hejewa Adam	...	Himself
Kalatumh Adam	...	Herself
Xabier Aguirre	...	Himself
Sam Brownback	...	Himself
Don Cheadle	...	Himself
Hillary Rodham Clinton	...	Herself
George Clooney	...	Himself
Essa Faal	...	Himself
Vanessa Haas	...	Herself
Nimeri Issa	...	Himself
Asha Abdal Khaleeq	...	Himself
Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen	...	Herself
John McCain	...	Himself
Jason Miller	...	Himself
Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad	...	Himself
Luis Moreno-Ocampo	...	Himself
Adebowale Omofade	...	Himself
John Prendergast	...	Himself
Pablo Recalde	...	Himself
Hawa Saleman	...	Herself
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Himself
Musa Sharif	...	Himself
Adam Sterling	...	Himself
Dana Sterling	...	Herself
Wayne Sterling	...	Himself
James Sweeney	...	Himself
Jennifer Trone	...	Herself

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic material involving crimes against humanity.

Runtime:

98 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

USA

Language:

Fur | Arabic | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS-ES

Certification:

USA:PG | Canada:14A | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Crescendo Productions

Movie Connections:

References Dreamgirls (2006)

good but over produced

Six intersecting tales that shed light on whats going on in Darfur. This film aims to bring you close to whats going on, and on many levels it succeeds. However while good, its too over produced for my tastes (fancy camera tricks make photos pop, a new agey score, picture perfect cinematography) and I had the unfortunate feeling it was made by well off Americans to make them feel better rather than to actually help solve the problem. Clearly thats the wrong thing to feel and it bothers me that the lasting feeling was not the need to do something, rather how self serving the filmmakers are. That said, Darfur is an important problem.and any means to get the word out is important.