Darfur Documentary

My group decided to watch "The Devil Came on Horseback" for our documentary film. The film is about the continuous Darfur conflict in Sudan. "It is based on former U.S. Marine Captain, Brian Steidle's experiences while working as an unarmed military observer for the African Union"(Wikipedia).
Our argument is, a lot of people are ignorant about genocide and what is happening in Darfur and that Genocide should end. Genocide is a serious issue that most people don't like to talk about. When they here it on the news or read it in the paper, people tend to ignore it because it doesn't concern them. While they are doing so, thousands of people are being killed for no apparent reason. These are innocent people that haven't done anything wrong, and they're being killed just for the sake of it. There is no need for this to be happening, we can make a difference. If every single person were to be informed about Darfur this world would see how cruel it really is. And maybe all of us together could influence the American troops to go down and end this genocide in Darfur forever.
After watching the film, I discussed, with my group, what we had just seen. Before watching this movie, I didn't know much about Darfur. I had heard about it but i really was that informed about it. But now, after seeing the movie, I am flabbergasted. As, I saw with my own tow eyes what was happening, I felt so horrible. Innocent people, even babies are being murdered. I mean, how can be people be so down right mean. It still puzzles my mind, why anybody would want to kill someone, especially in such a cruel way. Children are being handcuffed and then burned alive. This is absolutely horrible. I really don't know what to think of it anymore. I am just so surprised that people have let this happen. Another thing that we talked about in our discussion was the fact that when Brian Steidle was working in Africa he thought to himself that if people in the U.S. knew what was going on and saw pictures of it they would for sure bring troops down to try and stop it. But, two years later no one has done anything about it. This is really sad, but is so true. One of the most heartfelt moments was near the end Brian Steidle starts crying because of what he's seen and blames himself for not trying to stop it. But, seriously he couldn't have stopped it, and if he had tried he would have been killed.
I learnt so much from this documentary and discussion. I learnt about everything that is happening in Darfur and how no one seems to be doing anything about it. I learnt that so many innocent people are being killed each and every day for no apparent reason. And, I learned that it isn't going to stop and less we do something about it.
I think that everyone should watch this film. It will give people an awakening of what is happening in the real world. People need to know about Darfur and that genocide is happening all over the world. It will really make you count your blessings in life because we have it so good compared millions of others in the world. Just imagine how it would feel seeing your family being burned to death. It's not a pretty picture, is it. We can make a difference.

Sources:
Wikipedia. The Devil Came on Horseback. Novemeber 4, 2007. November 20. 2007.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_Came_on_Horseback>