SAVE DARFUR NOW! - February 2007
PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS INCREDIBLE FILM!!!
WWW.THEDEVILCAMEONHORSEBACK.COM
I had the opportunity to attend a private screening of "The Devil Came on Horseback" during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
This film is a first hand account by former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle of the current genocide going on in the Darfur region of Sudan (Eastern Africa).
Brian Steidle at the time worked as a monitor with the African Union in Darfur. He had access to areas no journalist could penetrate. What he recorded, took pictures of, and witnessed first hand, was rare to any Westerner!!
The following is a synopsis of this compelling film!!
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THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK (feature documentary) will expose the violence and tragedy of the genocide in Darfur as seen through the eyes of a lone American witness. Using thousands of uncompromising and exclusive photographs taken by former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle during his role as a military observer with the African Union, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK leads you through the tragic impact of an Arab government bent on destroying its black African citizens.
As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. He was unprepared for what he would witness and experience, including being fired upon, taken hostage, and being unable to intervene to save the lives of young children. Ultimately frustrated by the inaction of the international community, Steidle resigned and returned to the US to expose the images and stories of lives systematically destroyed. Haunted by what he has seen and the backlash against his advocacy efforts, Brian traveled to the refugee camps of Chad to reconnect with survivors of the violence he witnessed.
This compelling film bears witness to unmentionable atrocities, celebrates the courage of a refugee community desperately trying to survive, while posing the question: Why has the West not taken more urgent action to stop genocide this time?
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Learn more:
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http://www.darfurdarfur.org/
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http://www.sudanreeves.org/
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Get Involved:
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http://www.aegistrust.org/
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WWW.THEDEVILCAMEONHORSEBACK.COM
I had the opportunity to attend a private screening of "The Devil Came on Horseback" during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
This film is a first hand account by former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle of the current genocide going on in the Darfur region of Sudan (Eastern Africa).
Brian Steidle at the time worked as a monitor with the African Union in Darfur. He had access to areas no journalist could penetrate. What he recorded, took pictures of, and witnessed first hand, was rare to any Westerner!!
The following is a synopsis of this compelling film!!
♥ ♥ ♥
THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK (feature documentary) will expose the violence and tragedy of the genocide in Darfur as seen through the eyes of a lone American witness. Using thousands of uncompromising and exclusive photographs taken by former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle during his role as a military observer with the African Union, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK leads you through the tragic impact of an Arab government bent on destroying its black African citizens.
As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. He was unprepared for what he would witness and experience, including being fired upon, taken hostage, and being unable to intervene to save the lives of young children. Ultimately frustrated by the inaction of the international community, Steidle resigned and returned to the US to expose the images and stories of lives systematically destroyed. Haunted by what he has seen and the backlash against his advocacy efforts, Brian traveled to the refugee camps of Chad to reconnect with survivors of the violence he witnessed.
This compelling film bears witness to unmentionable atrocities, celebrates the courage of a refugee community desperately trying to survive, while posing the question: Why has the West not taken more urgent action to stop genocide this time?
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Learn more:
Link
Link
http://www.darfurdarfur.org/
Link
Link
Link
http://www.sudanreeves.org/
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Get Involved:
Link
Link
Link
http://www.aegistrust.org/
Link
Link
I've recently watched "Lost Boys of Sudan," a documentary film by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk. It is an Emmy nominated feature-length film following two Sudanese refugee boys on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America...
These boys were lucky to make it out alive of Sudan, and were even luckier to be picked to come to America... As they embark on a new and frightful, but anticipating journey to the "Land of Opportunity," they discover it's beauties and ALIEN/"new" culture! What most thought of as "heaven on earth," turned out to be a culture where they felt alienated by it's individualistic ways. Though, they were no longer subject to physical pain or torture, even hunger... They had to endure an ALIEN-LIKE culture... Could they ever get used to it?? Was it heaven after all?? One of the boys.... his relative had called from a refugee camp back in Africa asking why he doesn't call or send money back home... The boy replied that America is a different land, where TIME is an important resource, and he rarely has time to STUDY!! Money is spent on rent, food, clothing, utilities and the means to SURVIVE in America... NOT WHAT IDEAL NOTIONS OF AMERICA are to refugees back in Africa...!
These boys were lucky to make it out alive of Sudan, and were even luckier to be picked to come to America... As they embark on a new and frightful, but anticipating journey to the "Land of Opportunity," they discover it's beauties and ALIEN/"new" culture! What most thought of as "heaven on earth," turned out to be a culture where they felt alienated by it's individualistic ways. Though, they were no longer subject to physical pain or torture, even hunger... They had to endure an ALIEN-LIKE culture... Could they ever get used to it?? Was it heaven after all?? One of the boys.... his relative had called from a refugee camp back in Africa asking why he doesn't call or send money back home... The boy replied that America is a different land, where TIME is an important resource, and he rarely has time to STUDY!! Money is spent on rent, food, clothing, utilities and the means to SURVIVE in America... NOT WHAT IDEAL NOTIONS OF AMERICA are to refugees back in Africa...!
www.allaboutdarfur.com
I recently rented a film from the Salt Lake City Public Library called: "All About Darfur."
Filmmaker Taghreed Elsanhouri was inspired to travel from Britain to her homeland Sudan, to tell the story via her lens... To Elsanhouri, she had an advantage to tell such a story because often times, the public knows about the conflict in Darfur from Western point of views, which often do not communicate the COMPLEXITY of the issue!
Elsanhouri who is from the North remembers a Sudan that wasn't as ethnically contentious as it is today. She is considered a 'majority' in Sudan, as her skin is lighter, and would be considered 'Arab-African'... After living in Britain, where she understood what racial discrimination was, she returned to Sudan sharing somewhat the experiences of marginalization and indifference of what many black Darfuris face daily. She interviews and talks with ordinary Sudanese in Khartoum, and other regions about their ideas and opinions of the causations and how to fix the conflict.
There were varieties of opinion, and almost all could attest to how DEEPLY HELD NOTIONS OF PREJUDICES could burst into a violent war of ethnic cleansing. Elsanhouri interviewed university professors, intellectuals, genocide survivors, market goers, and activists, amongst many. Elsanhouri investigates how notions of ethnicity and race are constructed in Sudan. While visiting a local elementary school, the teacher divided up the students to reenact the battles which led to the formation of Sudan---lighter skinned students embodied the Turks and Arabs, while darker skinned ones represented the vanquished Africans.
Ultimately, the film shows audiences how such a MULTICULTURAL AND MULTI-ETHNIC society as Sudan is battling for limited natural resources!!
I recently rented a film from the Salt Lake City Public Library called: "All About Darfur."
Filmmaker Taghreed Elsanhouri was inspired to travel from Britain to her homeland Sudan, to tell the story via her lens... To Elsanhouri, she had an advantage to tell such a story because often times, the public knows about the conflict in Darfur from Western point of views, which often do not communicate the COMPLEXITY of the issue!
Elsanhouri who is from the North remembers a Sudan that wasn't as ethnically contentious as it is today. She is considered a 'majority' in Sudan, as her skin is lighter, and would be considered 'Arab-African'... After living in Britain, where she understood what racial discrimination was, she returned to Sudan sharing somewhat the experiences of marginalization and indifference of what many black Darfuris face daily. She interviews and talks with ordinary Sudanese in Khartoum, and other regions about their ideas and opinions of the causations and how to fix the conflict.
There were varieties of opinion, and almost all could attest to how DEEPLY HELD NOTIONS OF PREJUDICES could burst into a violent war of ethnic cleansing. Elsanhouri interviewed university professors, intellectuals, genocide survivors, market goers, and activists, amongst many. Elsanhouri investigates how notions of ethnicity and race are constructed in Sudan. While visiting a local elementary school, the teacher divided up the students to reenact the battles which led to the formation of Sudan---lighter skinned students embodied the Turks and Arabs, while darker skinned ones represented the vanquished Africans.
Ultimately, the film shows audiences how such a MULTICULTURAL AND MULTI-ETHNIC society as Sudan is battling for limited natural resources!!
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