good documentary. if you don't know anything about darfur give this a watch for
a good synopsis.
a good synopsis.
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an up-close, honest, and uncompromising look at the crisis in darfur, the devil
came on horseback exposes the ongoing tragedy in sudan as seen through the eyes
of one american witness.
using the exclusive photographs and first hand testimony of former u.s. marine
captain brian steidle, this film goes on an emotionally charged journey into the
heart of darfur, sudan, where in 2004, steidle became witness to a genocide that
to-date has claimed over 400,000 lives. as an official military observer,
steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate.
unprepared for what he would witness and experience, steidle returned to the
u.s. armed with his photographs, intent on exposing the images and stories of
lives systematically destroyed.
a 2007 world premiere at the sundance film festival, this astonishingly
propulsive and dramatic film from award-winning filmmakers annie sundberg and
ricki stern (the trials of darryl hunt), is a heartfelt account of what this
particular american witness saw and, just as important, what he did afterward.
h**p://www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/devil_came_on_horseback/#
"the devil came on horseback presents a first-person account of the genocide in
darfur. former marine captain brian steidle joined the african union in 2004 to
help monitor the cease-fire in sudan. as he puts it, "all i had was a camera, a
pen, and paper. i was totally unprepared for what i'd see." an unarmed military
civilian, he describes his observations, via voice-over and audio recordings, as
filmmakers annie sundberg and ricki stern alternate between their contemporary
footage and his images of slaughtered civilians and incinerated villages.
when his contract ends, steidle leaves in disillusionment. he wrote his reports
and took his pictures, but nothing changed. since reporters lacked the same
degree of access, he goes to the new york times, and they publish his
photographs. the soldier-turned-activist proceeds to spread the word everywhere
he can. aside from steidle, the film features his sister gretchen wallace,
founder of global grassroots (an organization working with female victims in
sudan and rwanda), and senator barack obama, who has also made darfur his
personal mission. the title comes from a loose translation of janjaweed, the
government-backed arab militias behind the atrocities to which steidle bore
witness. (steidle and his sister use the same title for the book they wrote
together.) as in their previous documentary, the trials of darryl hunt, sundberg
and stern maintain a measured tone, but their subject's horrifying images speak
for themselves."
--kathleen c. fennessy
an up-close, honest, and uncompromising look at the crisis in darfur, the devil
came on horseback exposes the ongoing tragedy in sudan as seen through the eyes
of one american witness.
using the exclusive photographs and first hand testimony of former u.s. marine
captain brian steidle, this film goes on an emotionally charged journey into the
heart of darfur, sudan, where in 2004, steidle became witness to a genocide that
to-date has claimed over 400,000 lives. as an official military observer,
steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate.
unprepared for what he would witness and experience, steidle returned to the
u.s. armed with his photographs, intent on exposing the images and stories of
lives systematically destroyed.
a 2007 world premiere at the sundance film festival, this astonishingly
propulsive and dramatic film from award-winning filmmakers annie sundberg and
ricki stern (the trials of darryl hunt), is a heartfelt account of what this
particular american witness saw and, just as important, what he did afterward.
h**p://www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/devil_came_on_horseback/#
"the devil came on horseback presents a first-person account of the genocide in
darfur. former marine captain brian steidle joined the african union in 2004 to
help monitor the cease-fire in sudan. as he puts it, "all i had was a camera, a
pen, and paper. i was totally unprepared for what i'd see." an unarmed military
civilian, he describes his observations, via voice-over and audio recordings, as
filmmakers annie sundberg and ricki stern alternate between their contemporary
footage and his images of slaughtered civilians and incinerated villages.
when his contract ends, steidle leaves in disillusionment. he wrote his reports
and took his pictures, but nothing changed. since reporters lacked the same
degree of access, he goes to the new york times, and they publish his
photographs. the soldier-turned-activist proceeds to spread the word everywhere
he can. aside from steidle, the film features his sister gretchen wallace,
founder of global grassroots (an organization working with female victims in
sudan and rwanda), and senator barack obama, who has also made darfur his
personal mission. the title comes from a loose translation of janjaweed, the
government-backed arab militias behind the atrocities to which steidle bore
witness. (steidle and his sister use the same title for the book they wrote
together.) as in their previous documentary, the trials of darryl hunt, sundberg
and stern maintain a measured tone, but their subject's horrifying images speak
for themselves."
--kathleen c. fennessy
