http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988102/

Hope some Villagers will rent this DVD and then write their Congressmen and women to do something about this violence.

I hope they contact their Congresspersons and the White House to say: STAY OUT OF THIS!

While there is no question that the Darfur situation is bleak, it has been bleak for a long time. While there are questions regarding the US' active involvement in the Mideast, and maintaining bases in South Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, England, Spain, various sites in Central and South America, and other locations in the world, and being diplomatically involved (including foreign aid) elsewhere, adding the African interior into the mix may be the proverbial "straw."

The "what can we as a country do" other than donate food (which is stolen and then resold) or money "(which is just stolen, period) is a lousy situation. More people get ticked off at the US when donated food bagged in "Product of the US" or "Gift from the US" bags are sold at scalawag prices to locals - making us look like we are in league with the thieves.

This is an African problem, followed by an Islamic nations problem, followed by a European (by proximity and past colonial relations) problem, and if that abomination has ANY purpose on this planet, a United Nations problem. Just because Hollywood wants to show a caring side (and make a buck on it along the way), doesn't make it a US Taxpayers' problem.

There will be folk who will say that the US would be more than happy to get involved if those who were to get the aid weren't black - and that would be an insult to all of us. The US has spent many fortunes in Africa. The Peace Corps has spent more effort in Africa than anywhere. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been at the forefront of improving the lives of all Africans since its inception.

There is little one can do when tribal bigotry and envy dominate an area, where those on top make it great for their tribal allies, and hell on earth for the others. Add into that mix the illiteracy rate and you have a deadly mess. Also, someone is making money selling arms and ammunition to all factions - and where is that money coming from and who's making a profit on it? Let's see Hollywood expose that in High Definition!

Have not seen the movie Darfur Now yet so I am not sure what can be asked of us in the US to do about this violence. You could contact your Member of Congress to put pressure on the United Nations to do more about stopping these killings.

Hollywood has a influence on not just US audiences but audiences in most parts of the world.

My point is - the US Congress has no influence on the United Nations. And the US is not the only nation in the world here - where are the Japanese, French, Australians, Germans, South Africans, Russians, Algerians, Brazilians, Spanish, Pakistani, Irish, Jamaicans, Egyptians, Belgians, Koreans, Turkmenistani, Iranians, Gaboni, Panamanians, Malaysians, Cubans, Saudi, Argentinians, Thais, Greeks, Peruvians, Danes, and so on, and so on? How much concern is shown by the rest of the world towards the activities in Chad, Ethiopia, Eritrea, The Sudan, the Central African Republic, Uganda and Kenya?

The last US involvement of note on the African continent was Somalia - and how well did that turn out?

Don't get me wrong. Ethnic/religious killings, whether in what used to be Yugoslavia, or Laos, or Iraq, or Belfast/Londonderry, or East Timur, or India/Pakistan border, or Ethiopia/Eritrea, or a hundred other spots is reprehensible. However, as long as there is government-endorsed ignorance, people willing to kill based on religious conviction (or at least use that as an excuse), or leaders who find that skimming the aid provided by well-meaning folk is a sure route to a hefty Swiss bank account, the Darfurs go on and on.

Hollywood (to include its European, Canadian and Hong Kong cousins) is self-serving. How much of what is shown is the truth is always debatable, versus how much of the truth ends up on the cutting-room floor. The bottom line is that an investment was made to make this film, and a profit is expected from the investment. To accept a Hollywood product as "objective journalism" is wishful thinking.