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Sorious
with a group of refugees fleeing from Darfur
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LIVING
WITH REFUGEES
(US ver. SURVIVING SUDAN)
1 hr, 2004
Insight News
TV for CH4 DISPATCHES
Discovery Times, CNNI & CBC
Sorious Samura returns to Africa to uncover the realities of
being one of Darfur’s countless refugees on the Sudan-Chad
border
Producer/Director |
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— What
the viewers said: "Thank you for opening up my
eyes" — "It was emotionally disturbing, so different
to see real people up close, struggling with what we take for
granted. I held back so many tears. It was truly a moving story"
— "An outrage I would like to help, is there a reputable
agency to send money for food and medical aid?" —
Nominated for an EMMY (Sept 2006 Outstanding Investigative
Journalism - Long Form)
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Watch the streamed programme (Windows
Media Player)
Full quality DVD copies are for sale from Insight
News TV |
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| Award-winning
journalist Sorious Samura set out
to become, to all intents and purposes, a refugee. He travelled
to Chad to live with a family in a refugee camp for one month.
He lived under exactly the same conditions, eating what they
ate, drinking what they drank. Sorious built close intimate
relationships with the people in this situation sharing their
hopes and fears. This film provides a unique insight into what
life is really like for a refugee. |
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Adam has 2 wives, 8 children, no money and all his friends have
been murdered. Sorious meets Adam at the Chad/Sudan border where
he has been living on handouts - but he's outstayed his welcome.
Even though he doesn't know how far it is, he's heading for
a UN refugee camp further to the west in Chad. He agrees Sorious
can follow his family on this journey
After an epic 3 day journey the family finally reaches the camp,
however it isn't what they were expecting. With no food or shelter
they are forced to fend for themselves. The only aid and assistance
they receive comes from other refugees. We follow the family
as they try to make some sort of home for themselves.
Fatme, Adam and their six kids sleep under a small piece of
tarpaulin. Fatme, Adams's wife, is a strong, elegant, tough
woman who is holding the family together. For Adam, although
tough and resolute, the situation is almost too much to bear:
"There's no respect for us in our own country and here
they treat us like animals."
As we see with Adam and his family the bureaucracy of the aid
business sometimes leaves those most vulnerable behind. The
UNHCR tell Sorious that "The situation here is a mess."
As the film draws to a close Sorious points out that, yet again,
situations like this are a damming indictment on all of us.
"Too often, too little is done too late." |
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| Links
Insight News
TV
CBC
News - "How to help" Links
UNHCR
Chad/Darfur Emergency
Claudio von Planta - Director
& Cameraman
TV
Reviews - New York Times
US
Council on Foreign Relations discuss Surviving Sudan
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