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 |
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