The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)

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Devil Thrives in the Details
by TheReeler in The Reeler on Spout

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"One of the many Darfur atrocities haunting the dcoumentary The Devil Came on Horseback By Eric Kohn Activist causes take kindly to the documentary format because it provides an immediate venue for expression. Sign all the petitions you want, but at the end of the day, the power of image wins out. So it goes with The Devil Came on Horseback, which explores the horrific genocide of Darfur by letting the visuals tell the story. In fact, gut-wrenching stills and video of natives who suffered at the hands of the government-armed milita group Janjaweed don’t only lead the narrative -- they dictate its existence. Consistent in its method and indisputably well-made, The Devil Came on Horseback could do for Darfur awareness what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming. Directors Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern keenly follow the experiences of US Marine Capt. Brian Steidle, a hardened fighter whose position in the area as the village massacres began to increase in frequency g ... " [More]

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"I learned something recently. Janjuweed literally means devil on horseback. The Janhuweed terrorize Darfur. The Devil Came On Horseback is about Darfur. The movie is done by an ex-marine who documented what he saw during his six months as an unbiased peace observer in Sudan. It's horrible. Horrible images. Horrid. To give nightmares. I wouldn't recommend it, because of that, except that the genocide is still going on, now, as I type. Yes, genocide. The U. S. concluded that genocide was taking place over 2 years ago. It's still going on. This is the second Holocost. It really is. Almost 2 million have died so far. I wonder how many more will die before somebody ~anybody~ in the world reacts in such a way as to stop it.Brian Steidle, the ex-marine, said, at the end, that he had had it all lined up to retire at age 35. House all paid for, money in the bank, he had in mind that he would spend his days sailing the world. But, no more. That isn't going to happen for ... " [More]

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