Darfur Now

Darfur Now (2007)

  • 72% of critics liked it
    (60 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (2,159 ratings)

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… More

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PG, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By
Ted Braun
Written By
Ted Braun
Genres
Documentary, Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
In Theaters
Nov 9, 2007 Limited
On DVD
May 27, 2008
Warner Independent Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

    Thoughtful, sobering, hopeful, despairing, inspirational, depressing, and just in time for the holidays comes Darfur Now, a documentary about genocide in the Sudan.

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    Slick, impassioned, and guardedly upbeat.

  • Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

    The title says Darfur Now -- not Darfur Then, not Darfur Sometime. But the question it asks emphatically is, Darfur Now What?

  • Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

    A disquieting, and somewhat disjointed, call to arms.

  • David Edelstein, New York Magazine

    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.

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    DARFUR NOW engages us to understand and learn the crisis in sudan from different perspectives from a celebrity, a young college student, people inside the administration to people being held in this genocide. Although the event might seem hopeless at times, the documentary shows how… More

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