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PBS/FRONTLINE – Ghosts of Rwanda

dermattes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:46:01 +0000

„Rwanda was supposed to be easy.“

Ten years ago, when the United Nations sent peacekeepers to this small, Central African nation — with the full support of the U.S. government — most of the policy-makers involved believed it would be a straightforward mission that would help restore the U.N.’s battered reputation after failures in Bosnia and Somalia. Few could imagine that, a decade later, Rwanda would be the crisis that still haunts their souls. (Frontline April 2004)

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PBS/FRONTLINE – „On Our Watch“

dermattes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:31:38 +0000

„The world vowed „never again“ after the genocide in Rwanda and the atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia. 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 rape has been used as a weapon in a brutal campaign supported by the Sudanese government. In On Our Watch, FRONTLINE asks why the United Nations and its members once again failed to stop the slaughter.“ (Frontline 2007)

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Watch it on Youtube (Playlist)
Please also visit the PBS Frontline – On Our Watch-Website which provides additional Interviews, a Timeline and more.

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VBS TV – Inside Sudan

dermattes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:47:49 +0000

Vbs.tv, „television“ channel of Vice magazine, has a feature about the Sudan/Darfur conflict.

Before I went to Sudan, I didn’t know much about the conflict in Darfur beyond everyone saying, “It’s the worst genocide of our time,” and watching footage on CNN of the Janjaweed militia wiping out whole villages. Really, we only decided to go there because one of our favorite photographers in the UK, Jamie-James Medina, had been chatting with an old friend of his who is now a UN press officer in Khartoum. She offered to pull some strings and get us visas and organize flights around the country, so we said, “Fuck it,” and got on a plane. (Shane Smith – Co-founder of VICE magazine)

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War Photographer James Nachtwey shows his life’s work

dermattes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:57:43 +0000

Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, James Nachtwey talks about his decades as a photojournalist and (anti)war photographer. He shares and explains a slide show of pictures covering a variety of armed conflicts and social issues throughout the globe.

„I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.“ (James Nachtwey)

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THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK / Die Todesreiter von Darfur

dermattes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:13:52 +0000

„Die Todesreiter von Darfur“ ist ist die deutsche Version des amerikanischen Dokumentarfilms „The Devil came on Horseback“. Der Film informiert über den noch anhaltenden Darfur-Konflikt im Sudan.

Brian Steidle, ein ehemaliger U.S. Marine Captain meldet sich um in zusammenarbeit mit der Afrikanischen Union den Waffenstillstand im Sudan zu überwachen un zu dokumentieren. Antelle eines Waffenstillstands wird Brian Zeuge von systematischer Vertreibung und ermordung der lokalen Bevölkerung durch die Dschandschawid und der Sudanischen Armee. Er kehrt mit schockierendem Bild- und Videomaterial in die USA zurück und geht damit an die Öffentlichkeit.

Bis heute ist die Darfur-Krise allerdings nicht weiter in das internationale Interesse gerückt. Der Film vergleicht daher den Darfur-Konflikt mit dem Völkermord in Ruanda und gibt informationen über den Haftbefehl des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs gegen den sudanesischen Präsidenten al-Baschir .

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Mark Brecke – „Google Tech Talks“ Video on Darfur/Sudan

dermattes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:40:21 +0000

Mark Brecke is an independent filmmaker and documentary photographer.

Covering ten years and three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe), his work documents the stories of people victimized by war, ethnic conflict, and genocide.

The focus of Mark’s recent work is on the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. From October to late

December of last year (2004), he visited the and traveled for five weeks in Darfur with the SLA (Sudanese Liberation Army).

In this „Google Tech Talk“ presents his photos, shares his remarkable stories, and gives us some insight into the complex situation of the Darfur crisis (shocking Images!).

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Penn and Teller burn the American Flag

dermattes — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:48:06 +0000

The greatest assholes in Showbizz give a lesson about the american bill of rights…

About My Blog / Alternative Top Posts

dermattes — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:10:08 +0000

I recently cleaned up my category-list and deleted some posts which didn´t fit into the scheme anymore. I also present to you my personal top 5 of interesting posts (watch the original list on the left side):

Mit offenen Karten – Der Sudan-Erdoel und Darfur

dermattes — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:34:18 +0000

Hier ist auch mal wieder ein Deutscher Beitrag. Jean-Christophe Victor erklärt in seiner Sendung „Mit offenen Karten“ anhand von Karten und Daten die wesentlichen Fakten des Darfur-Konfliktes im Sudan.

Zu Beachten ist, dass die Sendung c.a. ein Jahr alt ist (05. September 2007).

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Darfur in 10 Minutes: An Overview of the Conflict in Sudan

dermattes — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:20:40 +0000

This video is a brief overview of the conflict in Darfur.