Darfur (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Darfur |
| Original title | Darfur |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Uwe Boll |
| script | Uwe Boll Chris Roland |
| production | Uwe Boll Dan Clarke Chris Roland |
| music | Jessica de Rooij |
| camera | Mathias Neumann |
| cut | Thomas Sabinsky |
| occupation | |
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Darfur , DVD case subtitle The Forgotten War , is an American war film by the German director Uwe Boll . The film was released in 2009 and is Boll's second war film after 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008). It plays during the Darfur conflict and addresses the human rights violations against the black African tribes by the Arab Janjawid .
action
A team of reporters consisting of Malin Lausberg, Freddie Smith, Theo Schwartz, Ted Duncan, Bob Jones and Adrain Archer is under the protection of the African Union in Darfur to document human rights violations by the Janjawid as independent observers on behalf of the United Nations . The squad is led by Captain Jack Tobamke. You have just interviewed the inhabitants of the village of Nabagaia and documented their life stories as well as their war experiences, when on the way back they discover a convoy of the Janjawid moving towards the village.
By majority vote, they decide to save the village by showing their presence there. Just as they have called all the villagers together, a rocket hits the village. The Janjawid refused to enter into discussions with Tobamke and gave the reporters ten minutes to leave the village. When one of the reporters tries to intervene, the leader shoots a young boy in the head in front of her. The reporters get into the car in panic. However, Ted Duncan was given a baby by a woman. The Janjawid discover the baby and throw it on the floor. After the reporters leave the village, the Janjawid begin wiping out the village. They start killing all residents, the women are raped first, then killed.
On the way back, Theo Schwartz and Freddie Smith decide to go back to make a mark. After a long discussion, Jack Tobamke also decides to go along. Together they fight the Janjawid. Tobamke is shot by the leader. Thereupon Freddie and Theo decide to flee. On the run from the village, Freddie rescues a woman and her baby from the clutches of a rapist. The woman dies on the subsequent escape. Freddie is captured, but shortly before he is able to pass the baby on to Theo. This is shot a few meters away. With the last of his strength, he buries the baby under himself. The leader of the Janjawid made an example of Freddie, doused him with petrol with scornful remarks and then set him on fire. Then the Janjawid kill the last inhabitants of the village, set it on fire and move on.
Hours later the reporter team returns. Malin discovers the baby under Theo's body and takes it with him. The rest of the reporter team get drunk to forget their grief.
The film closes with the text panel:
"That we have not stopped the genocide means we have not learned from history"
"We haven't learned anything from the past because we didn't prevent the genocide ."
background
The film was shot in Cape Town , South Africa . As in 1968 Tunnel Rats , Uwe Boll renounced fixed dialogues and gave his actors only an outline . Some scenes were captured with a handheld camera to create a realistic representation. For the residents of the village, lay actors were cast, some of whom were involved in the conflict. A Sudanese woman in the film was actually raped several times, and a person whose family was killed also acted out this scene. There are also some experience reports in the interviews at the beginning of the film. This created a kind of documentary style for the film that tried to create authenticity in addition to the realistic depiction of violence.
The film's budget is estimated at around four million dollars, but director Uwe Boll only expects box office earnings of 2.5 million. Since the film was only shown in a few cinemas and otherwise only appeared on the video market , there are no official figures.
reception
Darfur won the award for best international film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2010.
The film was generally rated as good and important. Cosima Lutz, for example, judged in Die Welt :
“Boll, on the other hand, shows a killing that is still taking place, he shows it in all severity, and he gets to the point without any attention-parasitic glance. “Darfur” is narrated in a stringent, differentiated and bottomless manner, and the fact that real Sudanese rape victims re-enact their trauma allows people - as paradoxical as it sounds - at least in part to have their own history at their disposal and gives them back dignity - and the film a shimmering force. "
Jürgen Kiontke from Amnesty International praised the film as “a film to be taken seriously, which tries to create public awareness of an often forgotten tragedy.” On the other hand, the story of revenge was criticized, which would not quite fit into the otherwise good film:
“The emotional short-circuiting act of the returnees may therefore be well meant. Ultimately, however, this turn of phrase has to be assessed using the same criterion by which the explicit representation of violence can be justified, namely reality. There is no question that this type of vigilante justice can in no way be politically desirable, as it is not covered by any mandate and does not promise any substantial benefit to any of the parties involved. "
Web links
- Darfur in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Darfur , DVD, Splendid 2009, translation according to German subtitles
- ^ Andrew Robertson: Boll's Sabotage. Eye for Film, November 12, 2008, accessed August 3, 2011 .
- ↑ Kay Pinno: rampage against film funding. Interview with Uwe Boll . In: Deadline . No. 13 May 2009, p. 46 .
- ↑ a b c Sascha Schmidt: Darfur. Humanistic Press Service, August 31, 2010, accessed August 4, 2011 .
- ^ Darfur wins Best Film in New York. (No longer available online.) In: FilmContact.com. September 10, 2010, archived from the original on May 5, 2016 ; accessed on May 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Cosima Lutz: Uwe Boll shows the violence of the Arab militias. Die Welt , April 30, 2010, accessed August 4, 2011 .
- ↑ Jürgen Kiontke: The forgotten conflict . In: Amnesty Journal . 2010 ( issuu.com ).
