Refuge: A Film About Darfur

Plot

Canadian student activist Jonathan Pedneault was eager to teach others about the crisis in Darfur, and he believed that a film that allowed people to see the horror and its human consequences for themselves could be more powerful and effective than any speech. Pedneault approached filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau and convinced him to travel with him to Sudan to document the fighting, and after a dangerous journey through Chad, they arrived in Darfur to find a nation where people struggled to find food and water, aid workers fought to bring needed supplies to the hungry and the battle between the government and rebel forces was beginning to look less like a civil war and more like genocide. One of the rebel factions befriended Pedneault and Trudeau and took them into the midst of the fighting, where they were able to see the violence at its worst and meet the people struggling to win freedom for Darfur and its citizens. The documentary Refuge: A Film About Darfur was the result, and offers a powerful, disturbing look at an ongoing tragedy that refuses to end. Refuge: A Film About Darfur was an official selection at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival; an edited version was aired on Canadian television that same year. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Credit

Jonathan Pedneault - Director, Alexandre Trudeau - Director, Marc Morgenstern - Editor, William Stone - Cinematographer, Alexandre Trudeau - Screenwriter, Jonathan Pednault - Screenwriter

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