Singapore Film Society (SFS) & The Substation
Presents:
SAND & SORROW
2007, USA, 93min, Colour, PG
Directed by Paul Freedman, Narrated by George
Clooney
21st May, Thursday, 7.30pm, The Substation
Theatre
Ticketing:
- Free entry for SFS members (membership sign-ups available at the
door)
- Entry by donations minimum $2. Donation proceeds go to The
Substation.
Synopsis:
Offered exclusive and unparalleled access to the situation on the
ground inside Darfur, Peabody award-winning filmmaker, Paul
Freedman ("Rwanda - Do Scars Ever Fade?"), joins a contingent of
African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur while a tragic and
disturbing chapter in human history unfolds. While the heroic men
and women of this undermanned and under-funded mission brave harsh
conditions and unfettered violence, as many as 2.5 million
displaced persons have no choice but to settle inside squalid camps
to wait and hope. (An estimated four-hundred thousand civilians
have perished so far.)
While analyzing the historical events that have given rise to an
Arab-dominated government's willingness to kill and displace its
own indigenous African people, “Sand and Sorrow” also examines the
international community's “legacy of failure” to respond to such
profound crimes against humanity in the past. But while immersed in
the despairing crisis of our time, Freedman manages to give voice
to the ever-growing and inspiring movement of those who wish to
make “Never Again” finally mean something.