Darfur Crisis: A Selected Bibliography: Film

Sudanese filmmaker Taghreed returns to her native land and interviews Sudanese about the crisis. This documentary reveals the complex nature of the relationship between Blacks and Arabs. She touches on how fragile and bitter the ethnic conflict is, especially when fighting for little economic resources.

This documentary takes a look into the crisis in the Darfur region. This film provides a voice for the many victims who were forced to flee their land. The film opens with a short historical overview of Darfur, which helps puts, the crisis into perspective. For example, filmmakers content that for centuries the definitions between Arab and African were “fluid,” and intermarriages were common, as was the Arabic language, and Muslim faith.

Follows the story of six people who are determined to end the sufferings in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur. The six - an American activist, an international prosecutor, a Sudanese rebel, a sheikh, a leader of the World Food Program and an internationally known actor - demonstrate the power of how one individual can create extraordinary changes.

This film is based on the experiences of former U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle. He provides a first hand look into the crisis in Darfur.

This film looks into the evolution of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world's first, permanent, international judicial body which has the potential of prosecuting individuals accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The film goes to Kosovo, northern Uganda, Iraq, Rwanda and Darfur.

This Documentary provides an account of journalist Nick Clooney and others trip to Darfur. During the film, the viewer is given some insight into the violence that many Darfurians had to endure.

This film documents the mass killing and the displacement of Darfurians since 2003, when Janjaweed militias (nomadic tribesmen) drove over 2.5 million from their homes, countless women raped, and over 200,000 people killed. In the opening of this documentary, the narrator says that there were too many rapes to count. One of the most revealing charges that the filmmakers make is pointing out the lack of action by the international community, especially the United Nations.

This documentary looks into the historical events that have lead to the killing and displacement of thousands of people from Darfur. The filmmakers argue that as many as 400,000 people in Darfur have lost their lives because of the violence, starvation, and disease. Interviews are given to Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, U.S. Senators Barak Obama and Sam Brownback, Sudan scholars Alex de Waaal and Gerard Prunier, and rebel leader Minni Minawi. The film also looks into the international respond to the crisis.

John Weiss narrates this documentary on the mass killings of Sudanese living in Darfur, Sudan in 2004. He highlights the dispute between Arab and non-Arabs. He contents that the Janjawid acted on behalf of the Sudanese government.

In November of 2004, the ABC News show, Nightline, looked into the killings, rapes, and displacement of Darfurians. In part, the broadcast blames the Sudanese government for allowing the crisis to happen, and the Janjaweed for committing the killings and rapes. It is also reported that a good deal of the conflict pits the Muslim nomads vs. Muslim farmers, and more directly disputes between the Zaghawa, Fur, and Masalit tribes. Interviews are given by the Darfurian refugees, and a key interview is given by a top commander with the Janjaweed Sheikh Musa Hilal.