Charities release documentary on Darfur
January 31st, 2007 by Zsofia
Two international charities have released a 10 min. documentary on Darfur in an effort to raise awareness about the continuing humanitarian crisis, and to show the difficulties that locals face in dealing with the trauma incurred by the war. The charities - Action by Churches Together (ACT) and Caritas - produced the film as part of a joint Darfur relief and development programme.
As is well known, human rights NGOs and international organisations are increasingly turning to the documentary format to get their messages to wider publics. The UN documentary catalogue includes over a hundred films in active distribution, and many of the films produced by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs have been made available online. Just on Darfur, over a thousand independent clips have been uploaded to Google Video.
