Darfur Now
99 minutes, 2007 (Documentary)
Written and Directed by Ted Braun
Screening: Saturday, 12:30 p.m., followed by Q&A with the filmmaker
The
struggles and achievements of six individuals bring to light the situation in
Darfur and the need to get involved. From a UCLA graduate in Los Angeles,
California, to a Darfurian woman who joins rebel forces, to the Prosecutor of
the International Criminal Court in The Hague, to a United Nations humanitarian
on the ground in Sudan, to an internationally known actor and activist, and
finally to a community leader in a West Darfur refugee camp, the film portrays
the efforts of six people responding to a humanitarian tragedy unfolding before
our eyes. The film explores the Darfur conflict through the first-hand experiences
of Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde, Ahmed Mohammed Abakar, Luis
Moreno-Ocampo, and Adam Sterling. (Source: imdb.com)
Filmmaker Bio:
Ted Braun's first feature film, Darfur Now,
won the NAACP Image Award for best documentary of 2007 and was named
one of 2007's top five documentaries by the National Board of Review,
the Broadcaset Critics, the Chicago Film Critics Society, and others.
For his work writing and directing the picture, the International
Documentary Sssociation awarded Braun their 2007 Emerging Filmmaker of
the year. In addition, the Winter '08 issue of Movie Maker Magazine
named him, along with Erril Morris, Oliver Stone, Robert Redford, and
Michael Moore, one of 25 filmmakers whose work has changed the world.
Ted taught at Commonwealth School in the early 1980s as a Geraldine R.
Dodge Fellow in English. He's currently an Associate Professor in
Screenwriting at USC's School of Cinematic Arts.
