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Darfur's Dirty WarSBS DATELINE (Channel 4 UK) In 2004, Darfur was labeled the worst humanitarian crisis on the plant.
A calculated 'genocide' according to the United States.    In summer 2005, Native Voice filmmaker Philip Cox and guide Dawd - who produced
the Rory Peck award winning first reports from Darfur - spent 4 weeks
traveling across Sudan to discover the current reality of this conflict
that has provoked so much international outrage but seemingly so little
action.    This film shows an unseen picture of life inside Darfur after the international
community has 'moved on'. Refugees hide in wadi's and caves, too afraid
to venture out. The two main rebel groups who once united to fight the
government are now fighting each other. The assorted mixture of African
Union troops who are charged with keeping the peace are confused and
frustrated. Even though they are desperate for Africans to finally solve
their own conflicts, they often find themselves with no fuel for their
helicopters and that their few thousand troops are almost useless to
police such a vast country. They despairingly resort to watching their
satellite Tvs and playing cards.    Darfur's Dirty War is a startling and insightful film with extraordinary access and testimonies from all sides of one of the conflict. The film can be watched online at: http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/ Director / Camera: Philip Cox |