Filmmakers Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg chronicle his burgeoning activism in the face of the U.S. government's indifference as the government of Sudan works systematically to eradicate black Africans from the region.
The Devil Came on Horseback
A witness to evil. A force for peace. An unbelievable true story.
2007 · 1h 25m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
Ricki Stern
,
Anne Sundberg
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The Devil Came on Horseback
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While serving with the African Union, former Marine Capt. Brian Steidle documents the brutal ethnic cleansing occuring in Darfur. Determined that the Western public should know about the atrocities he is witnessing, Steidle contacts New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof, who publishes some of Steidle's photographic evidence.
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The gripping documentary The Devil Came on Horseback traces the change of heart that compelled Steidle to break military discipline in 2005 and offer his secret photographic evidence of Sudan's vicious ethnic cleansing to the New York Times.
The Devil Came on Horseback is a documentary account of Steidle's ongoing efforts to educate the world about the violence he witnessed as an unarmed military observer for the African Union in 2004.
On all counts, the co-directors of this persuasive documentary set the right tone.
A dynamic, shockingly graphic story of the horrors of Darfur.
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