Darfur Now

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“Slick, impassioned, and guardedly upbeat.”

Ty Burr | The Boston Globe
“Darfur Now could conceivably make a difference in enlisting people to the cause.”

John Anderson | Variety
“By showing the struggles and efforts of about half a dozen people, it puts a human face on the tragedy.”

Claudia Puig | USA Today
“Darfur Now is informative and effortlessly gripping.”

Connie Ogle | Miami Herald
“Both important and engrossing, devastating yet inspiring.”

Moira Macdonald | The Seattle Times
“The title says Darfur Now–not Darfur Then, not Darfur Sometime. But the question it asks emphatically is, Darfur Now What?”

Amy Biancolli | Houston Chronicle
“This is the kind of film that doesn't end after the credits roll, and it's a gold-star example for what a documentary should do: inspire.”

Kelley L. Carter | Chicago Tribune
“More than any previous film on the subject, Braun's documentary offers an answer to a common question, perfectly phrased and answered by Cheadle himself: "What can I do? More than nothing. A lot more than nothing."”

Ken Fox | TV Guide
“Instructive as a portrait of activism. ”

Peter Hartlaub | San Francisco Chronicle
“See Darfur Now, and you won't read the daily news the same way again. ”

Ann Hornaday | Washington Post

“What Darfur Now offers is a collective vision of actions, small and large, taken on many fronts, to end the crisis. The movie is a quiet, methodical call to action.”

Stephen Holden | The New York Times

“"Darfur Now" should be required viewing for audiences of all ages and levels of global awareness”

Brian Orndorf | DVDtalk
“Buy and watch this DVD. At this price, in fact, buy a dozen copies and give them away to others”

Thom Hartmann | BuzzFlash.com
“Thoughtful, sobering, hopeful, despairing, inspirational, depressing, and just in time for the holidays comes Darfur Now, a documentary about genocide in the Sudan.”

Jonathan F. Richards | Film.com
“A rallying call to aid Darfur and an uplifting case study in the power of individuals to effect change. ”

Sean Means | Salt Lake Tribune
“Darfur Now maintains an effectively intense focus on the necessary work to save actual people in Darfur. ”

Cynthia Fuchs | PopMatters
“All the stories are fascinating.”

Richard Roeper | Ebert & Roeper
“Each of the six stories is surprisingly optimistic...”

Christopher Campbell | Cinematical
“What Braun shows us here is that, yes, ordinary people can do extraordinary things. ”

MaryAnn Johanson | Flickfilosopher
“Darfur Now puts a deeply human face on a global crisis”

Katey Rich | CinemaBlend.com
“...Instructive and disturbing” (3 out of 4 stars)

Roger Ebert | Chicago Sun-Times
“A call to arms of sorts, raising awareness of the land, the people, and the possibility for change”

BrianOrndorf | Filmjerk.com
“Hopefully, well-crafted and moving films such as Darfur Now will inspire more people to take that small but significant first step toward ending these atrocities”

Camerin Courtney | Christianity Today

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