Refuge

A Film About Darfur

Duration: 52 min ISBN: 1-932869-33-6 Date Produced: 2009 Subtitles: English Filmmaker Info Transcript Praise for the Film

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Refuge
A Film About Darfur

In this alternately enraging and heartbreaking documentary, Canadian student Jonathan Pedneault and filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau travel to Darfur to try to make sense of reports of genocide in the region. Making their way clandestinely with a group of rebels into the heart of the Sudanese war zone, they chronicle stories of unfathomable human despair and courage: NGOs struggling to get food to the starving, refugees fighting for water, waves of people battered by civil war and incomprehensible violence stumbling into camps on the edge of survival. Succeeds brilliantly in capturing the human face behind this geopolitical crisis.

Filmmaker Info

Filmmakers: Alexandre Trudeau and Jonathan Pedneault
Director: Alexandre Trudeau
Writer and Producer: Alexandre Trudeau and Jonathan Pedneault
Images: Bill Stone
Editor: Mark Morgenstern
Music: Vincent Letellier
Sound Editor: Bruno Pucella
Sound Mix: Marc Girard
Color Timing: Luca Sanader
Visual Effects: Malcom Hearn, Jelena Sanader
Animations: Issam Boutrig, Josué Jean-Charles, Benoit Nantel

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Praise for the Film

"This is a moving, impacting documentary about the ongoing conflict and horror that has been imposed on the non-Arab Sudanese people by the Islamic government of Sudan... With variety of content, impacting visuals, and well-paced structure this is a captivating film from beginning to end. The primary purpose of this documentary is to put real faces on the people of Darfur and to give a voice to the victims of these hateful atrocities. The filmmakers have done an excellent job of accomplishing this with quality filming, excellent narration, and informative personal interviews. The documentary also asks why this is happening and suggests the various possibilities such as oil, ethnicity, climate, water, power, and politics... This film offers an important view into the current situation in Darfur and a much needed call to action. Highly recommended."
- Karen Coronado | Educational Media Reviews Online