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FILM SYNOPSIS
Up until now, the perilous events in Darfur have been explained by outsiders, or by so called leaders and officials, who often to do not communicate the complexity of the situation. In All About Darfur, Sudanese filmmaker Taghreed Elsanhouri talks with ordinary Sudanese in outdoor tea shops, markets, refugee camps and living rooms about how deeply rooted prejudices could suddenly burst into a wild fire of ethnic violence. The film includes interviews with intellectuals, activists, and genocide survivors and pays particular attention to the opinions and concerns of women.

Elsanhouri returns from Britain to her homeland to discover why the seemingly racially harmonious country of her childhood has become the scene of one of the worst instances of ethnic cleansing in recent history. "I was uniquely qualified to tell the story of race," says Elsanhouri. "Growing up in Sudan as a northerner, I know what it is to belong to a dominant group. As a black woman in Britain living with racism, I also know what it is like to be marginalized as a minority. It is this double consciousness that informs my story."

Elsanhouri and her cameraman journey overland from Khartoum, Sudan's capital, to the Abu Shoak, a refugee camp in Darfur that is home to 100,000 of the 800000 people displaced by this worsening conflict. Along the way, she exposes us to the dialogs that the Sudanese themselves are having about the crisis in Darfur. Some recount tales of witnessing the slaughter of their families while others, who truly believe that Sudan is racially harmonious, deny that ethnic cleansing is taking place. Their contradictory accounts reveal how difficult a task it will be to stop the Darfur genocide.

While documenting the atrocities taking place in Darfur, Elsanhouri investigates how notions of race and ethnicity are constructed in Sudan. In one scene, Elsanhouri visits the elementary school she had previously attended. Just as in the days of her childhood, the students reenact the battles which led to the formation of Sudan, with the lighter skinned children playing Turks and Arabs, and the darker skinned children playing the vanquished Africans. Despite its significance, race, Elsanhouri discovers, may be too crude a concept to understand Sudan's bitter ethnic conflict. Ultimately, Elsanhouri encourages viewers to understand that the ethnic strife in Darfur is a product of scarcity, as Darfurians are dividing along ethnic lines to battle for limited resources.

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Saw the movie at the Pan African Film Festival. www.paff.org (http://www.paff.org).

Excellent documentary about a horrific situation.
Oscar and Golden Globe quality. It is that good.


Great questions and candid responses from Sudanese

Here is what other have to say.


Praise for All About Darfur
"Civil strife in Sudan is explored in personal detail in this film from British-Sudanese filmmaker Taghreed Elsanhouri. Eschewing the nightmarish footage so prevalent on nightly newscasts to instead focus on the personal stories of those who have witnessed firsthand the horrors of genocide, Elsanhouri turns her lens on the troubled citizens of Sudan in a bid to understand their plight on a more humane level. By opening the lines of communication with her fellow Sudanese and offering a platform to voice their suggestions for building a brighter future, Elsanhouri exposes truths rarely discussed by the mainstream media."
New York Times

"A highly personal documentary that is touching and illuminating."
Toronto Globe and Mail

"All About Darfur is a unique opportunity to hear and see Sudanese people talking abut how they feel about the Darfur crisis, about race and politics in their country and about the pace and role of the international community in their affairs. The film is a creative exploration of a difficult and important issue, making it very relevant to the aspirations and concerns of young Sudanese."
The British Council

"It is rare to see or hear something that is almost free of politics of some kind. It is amazing how Taghreed managed, without forcing the viewer into some personal analysis, to allow people she interviewed to present to us their own points of view and analysis. I especially enjoyed the part where she asked women to tell their history and personal stories. The part taped in Darfur was so realistic and down to earth. People in Darfur at the grassroots level hardly felt the differences between them which speaks volumes to how politics shapes even ethnic interaction, and how ethnicity can be used to serve the political ends of some leaders."
Asma Abdel Halim, University of Toledo

"A sensitive and non-sensational portrayal of the war and destruction in Darfur that privileges the voice of the average Sudanese woman and man. A useful film for those interested in contemporary African Politics of ethnicity and gender, civil wars and conflict resolution and development."
Salah Hassan, Cornell University

Click here for more on the movie and to order your
own copy.

http://www.allaboutdarfur.com/

thanks for sharing
thanks for your awareness

$195????? why?? i wanted to get one but i don't think i can afford it!

Nubianking,
$195 wow. That's just about enough to buy a cow.

You should write them and see if you can get it for less.

I notice some schools can get the movie for $49.00

And the $49 could even be split up between 4 or 5 people.

Nope, it's $195 even for colleges, still many types of groups, music...what have you, could throw down $10 - $20 apice.
If it were really in the western media everyday as certain groups would have us believe, there would be no need, but it is in fact not covered.

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& Qualifying Community Organizations ONLY (http://javascript<b></b>:openpolicy('02')) http://www.newsreel.org/images/spacer.gifhttp://www.newsreel.org/images/spacer.gif VHS $49.95 DVD $49.95