Sand and Sorrow (2007)

Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Paul Freedman directs this sobering documentary about the genocidal crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Freedman followed a group of African Union peacekeeping forces on a journey through the area, observing the 2.5 million people displaced from their homes by brutal violence, and forced to stay in the squalor of temporary camps. Analyzing the cultural, political, and historical background of the area, the film examines how the government in Sudan was able to turn so ruthlessly against its own indigenous people, creating what would most likely go down in history as one of humanit...
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De documentaire 'Sand and Sorrow' analyseert hoe het drama in Darfur, Soedan is ontstaan en onderzoekt hoe de internationale gemeenschap faalde om de crisis te voorkomen en te beëindigen. John Prendergast, Samantha Power en New York Times columnist Nick Kristof leiden de kijker door de vluchtelingenkampen en massagraven in Sudan. Namens de onschuldige slachtoffers van de humanitaire ramp gaat het drietal ook op bezoek bij de Amerikaanse Senaat.

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