sudan

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On our watch

2007
"The world invoked its vow 'Never Again!' after the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica. Then came Darfur. Over the past four years at least 200,000 people have been killed, 2.5 million driven from their homes, and mass rapes have once more been used as a weapon of war in a brutal campaign by Janjaweed militias and the Sudanese government against civilians in Darfur. FRONTLINE asks why the international community and the United Nations have once again failed to stop the slaughter".

A long walk to water

based on a true story
2013
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

Alek

my life from Sudanese refugee to international supermodel
2008
Supermodel Alek Wek recounts her journey from southern Sudan to the international runways, discussing how she survived Sudan's civil war, fled the region, rose to the top of the modeling industry, and other related topics.

The four feathers

2003
A soldier redeems four white feathers sent to him for cowardice by his family and friends when his former regiment is attacked by Sudanese rebels.

Egyptian and Sudanese folk-tales

1978
A retelling of traditional tales from the Sudan and Egypt.

The clever sheikh of the Butana and other stories

Sudanese folk tales
1999
A collection of twenty-six Sudanese folk tales.

Courageous journey

walking the lost boys' path from the Sudan to America
2008
Traces the lives of two young boys from Sudan, Ayuel Leek and Beny Ngor Chol, who flee persecution in the form of starvation and violence, walk to Ethiopia, survive in refugee camps, and eventually reach the United States, where they are mentored in college so they can achieve their goal of helping other Sudanese.

The Four Feathers

2002
The haunting story of a soldier who redeems four white feathers sent to him for cowardice. This stirring adventure set in the Sudan.

Inside Sudan

political Islam, conflict, and catastrophe
2003
The former United States ambassador provides a comprehensive discussion on Sudan from 1998 to the present focusing on Sudan's interactions with the United States, its continuing civil war, and the country's connections with global terror networks including such well-known terrorists as Osama bin Laden and Carlos the Jackal.

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