Darfur Now (2007)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 60
Fresh: 43 | Rotten: 17
Although Darfur Now is not always engaging as cinema, the film succeeds in bringing attention to the crisis in Darfur.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 9
Although Darfur Now is not always engaging as cinema, the film succeeds in bringing attention to the crisis in Darfur.
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Ted Braun's documentary about Darfur showcases how six different people have each done their part in order to help stop the genocide in the region and bring humanitarian relief to the millions there who suffer. His subjects include a UCLA student who, with no political experience whatsoever, passes a state bill to stop any money from going to Sudan; the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; Pablo Recalde, a central figure in the World Food Program; and actor Don Cheadle, the star of
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All Critics (64) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (17)
Thoughtful, sobering, hopeful, despairing, inspirational, depressing, and just in time for the holidays comes Darfur Now, a documentary about genocide in the Sudan.
Top CriticInformative and effortlessly gripping.
Slick, impassioned, and guardedly upbeat.
The title says Darfur Now -- not Darfur Then, not Darfur Sometime. But the question it asks emphatically is, Darfur Now What?
A disquieting, and somewhat disjointed, call to arms.
The depressing subtext is that even with detailed proof of ongoing genocide, it takes movie stars to get to the movers and shakers, and to get worthy movies like this one into theaters.
Darfur Now will have to act as a moral entertainment, a conscientious objection we buy tickets to see.
A powerful testimony to the changes that may come when people make an effort to let their voices be heard.
Darfur Now has drawn criticism for its artless construction, and while it's true, he knows to step aside and let the passion of his subjects shine through.
Braun is, in a sense, preaching to the choir...
This is a feel-good film for activists, which barely scratches the surface.
Admirable work.
A rallying call to aid Darfur and an uplifting case study in the power of individuals to effect change.
Darfur Now does one thing other documentaries on the region in western Sudan haven't done so far: It offers hope that something substantive may be done about the Darfur genocide.
If its explanation of Sudan's politics and history is rudimentary, Darfur Now maintains an effectively intense focus on the necessary work to save actual people in Darfur.
Though well-intentioned, Braun's documentary never captures the emotional heart of this enormous tragedy and fails to ignite the passion he so obviously wants us to feel.
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All in all, i strongly recommend this film because it is a genocide which is held right now as we speak in the 21st century . It is our mandate as civilians of the world to come together and act as one in order to stop this political non sense which engenders millions of Sudanese civillians.
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