Archive for March, 2007
Filmmaker brings Darfur Diaries to Greensboro
by Jeanna Covington, Carolina Peacemaker
Independent filmmaker Jen Marlowe visited the campus of UNC-Greensboro, Tuesday night, to talk to students about her experiences in the war torn Darfur region of Sudan. Marlowe was here as part of a statewide tour coordinated through the STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur) national leadership.
Marlowe and two other independent filmmakers—Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro—snuck across the border between Chad and Sudan in mid October 2004. At the time, the conflict in Darfur had been ensuing for more a year.
According to SaveDarfur.org, since 2003 there has been an ongoing conflict between the Sudanese government-backed militia known as the Janjaweed, and the two rebel groups of Darfur; Sudanese Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
