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The Empire in Africa

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The Empire in Africa (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 6  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 87 mins
Theatrical Release: Dec 8, 2006 Limited
Synopsis:
The story of the civil war in Sierra Leone is discussed at length in this thought-provoking documentary about the region. [More]
The story of the civil war in Sierra Leone is discussed at length in this thought-provoking documentary about the region. [Less]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Philippe Diaz

DVD Info

Release:

May 8, 2007

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Additional Footage
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Interview - Philippe Diaz - Director
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Scene Selection

DVD-ROM:

  • Weblinks

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Highly recommended as a sobering companion piece to Hollywood's relatively-sanitized version of the same subject-matter in Blood Diamond.

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12/26/06 03:37 PM
Kam Williams
AALBC.com
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There are images in "The Empire in Africa" that I wish I'd never seen, but it's worth enduring them to hear a side of the story that the media and Hollywood overlooked.

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12/11/06 10:50 AM
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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Diaz refuses to accept received wisdom about the RUF's savagery, and it clearly took more than one revolutionary movement to reduce Sierra Leone to abject poverty.

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12/08/06 01:42 PM
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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That Empire lacks clear-cut heroes and villains is not necessarily a fault, but the movie's muddle too often comes across as an attempt to avoid assigning responsibility where it belongs.

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12/08/06 01:31 PM
Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times
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[A] harrowing but provocative work of documentary filmmaking.

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12/08/06 01:28 PM
Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine
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Philippe Diaz's tumultuous documentary is a noble but failed attempt to explicate the tragedy of Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war.

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12/07/06 06:24 PM
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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It’s possible that Diaz’s sympathy for the RUF is symptomatic of a lingering tendency on the left to sanctify anything that calls itself a revolutionary front.

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12/07/06 03:17 PM
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly
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Absolutely powerful indictment of imperialist greed in Sierra Leone. Reveals the hypocrisy of "humanitarian" interventions.

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12/06/06 12:58 PM
Louis Proyect
rec.arts.movies.reviews
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Filmmaker Philippe Diaz makes a strong case for blaming the international community in general, and the United Nations in particular, for the needless protraction of a conflict that left 70,000 dead and millions displaced.

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01/31/06 12:20 PM
Joe Leydon
Variety
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