The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)

The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)

Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg

A documentary that exposes the genocide raging in Darfur, Sudan as seen through the eyes of a former U.S. marine who returns home to make the story public.

At age 27, Brian Steidle became a monitor with the African Union in Darfur, Sudan. He was completely unprepared for what he would see.

An extraordinarily powerful and original film, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes the tragedy taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness and who has since returned to the US to take action to stop it.

Using the exclusive photographs and first hand testimony of former U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK takes the viewer on an emotionally charged journey into the heart of Darfur, Sudan, where an Arab run government is systematically executing a plan to rid the province of its black African citizens. As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. Ultimately frustrated by the inaction of the international community, Steidle resigned and returned to the US to expose the images and stories of lives systematically destroyed. Sundberg and Sterns film allows us to witness Steidles transformation from soldier to observer to witness and, finally, to passionate activist and moral hero.

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Comment:

This documentary is both excellent and also very cruel. Don't watch this after lunch. Tell me, what's the matter with humanity? It seems to me that the US machine of propaganda is playing with people's emotions in order to motivate them for a military intervention in Africa. Of course, the western power-elite wants to get access to Africa's natural resources. On the other hand, this genocide seems to really have happened.

tags: Devil Came on Horseback, devil, horseback, Stern, Sundberg, Darfur, Sudan, documentary, Marine, U.S., 2007, Steidle, Africa, Arab, genocide, Islam