Darfur Now
Encyclopedia
Darfur Now is a 2007 documentary film
examining the genocide in Darfur
, Sudan
. It was written and directed by Ted Braun
and produced by Don Cheadle
, Mark Jonathan Harris
and Cathy Schulman
. Executive Producers were Jeffrey Skoll
and Omar Amanat
. The film is a call to action for people all over the world to help the ongoing crisis in Darfur
.
Darfur Now premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
. The film was released in the United States
and Canada
on November 2, 2007.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
examining the genocide in Darfur
War in Darfur
The Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in...
, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
. It was written and directed by Ted Braun
Ted Braun
Theodore Braun is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his Image Award-winning documentary film Darfur Now. He is also an associate professor in the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts' Writing Division....
and produced by Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank "Don" Cheadle, Jr. is an American film actor and producer. Cheadle rose to prominence in the late 1990s and the early 2000s for his supporting roles in the Steven Soderbergh-directed films Out of Sight, Traffic, and Ocean's Eleven...
, Mark Jonathan Harris
Mark Jonathan Harris
Mark Jonathan Harris is an American documentary filmmaker probably best known for his films Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Long Way Home...
and Cathy Schulman
Cathy Schulman
Cathy Schulman is an American film producer.A graduate of Yale University, Schulman's screen credits include Isn't She Great, Sidewalks of New York, Employee of the Month, Crash, The Illusionist, and Darfur Now...
. Executive Producers were Jeffrey Skoll
Jeffrey Skoll
Jeffrey Skoll is a Canadian-born engineer and internet entrepreneur who lives in Los Angeles, California. With an estimated net worth of $US 3.2 billion , Skoll was ranked by Forbes as the 7th wealthiest Canadian and 347th in the world.He was the first employee and also first president of internet...
and Omar Amanat
Omar Amanat
Omar S. Amanat is an American who has worked as an entrepreneur in the online trading industry and in the media industry.After graduating from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1995, he worked for a year at the online trading firm Datek Online...
. The film is a call to action for people all over the world to help the ongoing crisis in Darfur
War in Darfur
The Darfur Conflict was a guerrilla conflict or civil war centered on the Darfur region of Sudan. It began in February 2003 when the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army and Justice and Equality Movement groups in Darfur took up arms, accusing the Sudanese government of oppressing non-Arab Sudanese in...
.
Darfur Now premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
2007 Toronto International Film Festival
The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007. The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissions...
. The film was released in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on November 2, 2007.