I haven't seen it yet, but I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that Darfur Now, opening today, falls into the category of media that actually helps.
It's a movie about tremendous suffering that'll overwhelm you, yes, but most important to us at HumanKind, it's also about what's being done in Darfur and what's needed from the rest of us and what's possible: By demonstrating the progress that specific ordinary people have already made, it proves it's possible to make progress in an overwhelming situation, to create healing. There's power in saying it's possible. Here's an excerpt from the press release:
"It shows how the work of six people can make a difference in Darfur, and how our voices united can bring an end to the unspeakable horrors the people of Darfur face every day. It follows the achievements of a Darfuri woman, a community leader in West Darfur, a UCLA graduate, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, a U.N. humanitarian aid worker, and an actor and activist." (Don Cheadle)
Not all of those people are larger-than-life! Most of them are like you and me, just in different jobs and with different backgrounds. We can relate, and we can be inspired. It's opening day for Darfur Now. If you live in a city where it's opening, show that you're all for media that helps, not hurts, and buy a ticket.
Trivia: The movie is from a company called Participant Productions. Their tagline? "A whole new kind of action flick." Pretty cool, huh?
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