"Extremely
powerful and real film
that will leave one speechless.
The
horror of it all.
A must to see
to truly understand the horror still going on in Sudan."
Leonard Schein
Founder
of the Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
"Unbelievable.
Its hard to believe something
like this exists on Earth."
David MacVicar
Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
"How much love there is in a place that has
nothing.
We had everything but never had so much love."
Poul Leard
Shambhala's Marpa House, Boulder, Colorado, USA
"Congratulations
on a very touching and important film.
It was an easy choice awarding the
Humanitarian Award."
Gregory von Hausch
President & CEO
Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival
"The film made me feel like I was there
amongst the patient starving children and their mothers."
Jim Morris
Boulder, Colorado, USA
"The film makes you feel guilty for
every mouthful of food that we eat and have such easy access to.
The film is unique in
that you have chosen to stay with the footage instead of cut away so
people are forced to imagine that "there
go I but for the grace of God"."
Gillian & Rudi Darling Kovanic
Bowen Island,
British Columbia,
Canada
"Thank
you for sharing
this incredible experience with us.
No words can convey
the impact this will/has had on me."
Naomi English
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
"The movie, 'Cry for Madiom' was
absolutely stunning it brought back many
painful memories and encouraged me to really go back home. The
discussion was brilliant, I really wish more
people can see this."
student
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, Canada
"I enjoyed the
visually thought provoking
input from
Erez."
student
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, Canada
"Your collected footage from your brief visit to the MSF camp in the Sudan
will give viewers who wish to take the time to see it through your eyes, a
convincing and sobering impression of
the work of MSF, and the difficulty faced by journalists filing the stories
that turn up on the evening news."
Gary Marcuse
Programming Executive, CBC Television
Vancouver, Canada
"The
movie inspired me
to do something good for the world. I am still thinking about exactly
what and how i am going to do but
watching the documentary motivated me like nothing else has."
Jared Howitt
Dead Zone Productions
Vancouver, Canada
"For
years, South Sudan has been consumed in violence and the misery it leaves
behind. This documentary focuses on the fate of 5-year-old Madiom Madiok and
other starving victims who desperately seek help from international aid
agencies. A moving testimony to the
lives victimized by Africa’s longest war and the few Westerners that came to
their aid."
Lisa Bobal
Memphis Film Forum Chair
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
"The
night I saw your movie I woke up with
visions of starved and innocent children and
wept as I am doing at this moment at the thoughts of ALL of the
injustices in this savage world. I believe the generation of my son and the
next will be making better choices for the greater good, at least I pray to
God they do."
Susan Butterfield
Boulder, Colorado, USA
"A
cry for Madiom awakens us to the fact
that
we are all accomplices by inaction
in face of the
suffering in
Soudan and in face of other past
and current
human tragedies for that matter."
Pascaline Nsekera
School of Social Work
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, Canada
"Africa
Awareness is really proud
of the work
you
have done and continue to do
in making sure
that Africa is represented in the light it deserves."
Ruth Situma
Chair 2005-2006,
Africa Awareness
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, Canada
"It was
very moving
and
will make a difference
in the world.
Thank you for the efforts you made to make such a film.
It was very powerful and
does dwarf any of our perceived sorrows."
Susen Mesco
American Events & Promotions
Colorado, USA
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"I really admire your film,
an interesting meditation
on compassion fatigue as we forget the
horrors and famines and genocides as the media circus
moves on. Meanwhile 40,000 children die everyday from
curable things, hunger, etc."
Peter Wintonick
Director, Manufacturing Consent
IDFA
Events, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"...thank
you for your dedication and
compassion to not only Sudan
but Humanity,
as well as sharing your wisdom
and knowledge with us."
Tu Phuong Le
Global Issues Club,
Templeton Secondary
Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada
"I
join in the hopelessness of the images but also in
your message of hope."
Diederile
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Touched,
moved,
tragic,
sorrow,
sadness. I'm shocked."
Mark
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"The message was clear.
Thank you for sharing your emotions and experience
with us.
It's very good that you showed it in this way instead
of making a different story. Thank you, we will
spread the word and take this with us."
Ilse & Femke van Velzen
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"It would have been interesting to have had some more
background information (bigger picture of the context)
but then again the idea behind it was to show raw
footage and to experience the reality of the situation
in which you very much succeeded.
True,
only the smell was absent.
I must say it was hard to watch and sometimes it felt
like it was too much zoomed in and meant to be
shocking. All in all it did convey a strong
message."
Elsine van Os
"You have done a great job !
Impressed,
speechless.
I like to do something at school. We are an
organization of 29 schools. I think about it, also
Darfur."
Muriel Klappe
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"It has been a shocking experience to see what
poverty, vulnerability, genocide really means. I am a
student in development studies and have been dealing
with concepts and theories about poverty for the past
few months, To see all this horror with my own eyes
makes me feel very small and insignificant. Still,
however small my contribution will be i'll try to do
something to help people like in Sudan. Your
contribution is so much bigger.
I can't imagine that any policy maker who would see
your movie,
can stay untouched.
The more influential people who see your movie the
more can be done. Thanks for opening my eyes !"
Robbert Slobben
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Thank you very much for your very good documentary.
It's a pity that mankind pays so little attention to
this enduring genocide.
The things happening recently, tsunami in Southeast
Asia got more attention of media then this long
lasting genocide. I regret this unbalance. I wish
you a lot of success and hope that you reach a very
big audience."
Vivienne Philippus
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"It's good to show the world this is happening. Even
though we know to some extent what is going on in
Sudan, it remains important to remember, be conscious
and try to make a change. It would be interesting to
add some more background information about the context
in order to understand a bit more of this situation
that can hardly be understood.
Frankly,
it was difficult to watch this documentary,
but unfortunately this is reality.
Thank you for showing us what happens. Hope this will
add to a change. Good luck with your work !"
Relinde Reiffers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"A
disgrace for humanity.
It raises fundamental questions of state sovereignty,
on religion and naturally the role of companies. Do
we need to police the world? Also very difficult
question. However, we should restrict and campaign
against profit seeking oil giants from the oil
industry. Please keep me informed."
Dirk Gotink
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"The situation is shocking, but
i'm also very surprised of not knowing about this
and not understand why this is happening, why the
world do not do anything or inform."
Mariana from Mexico
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"After the screening of your doc
I was shocked.
Shocked by the images you presented. At the same time
during the screening
I wondered if I was shocked enough?!
What I saw in my opinion needs to be a blow in the
face of the audience. And for one reason or another I
didn't really experience that blow. It shocked, but
did it shock enough? Am I too old? Remembering Biafra?
Do I have seen too many of these images to be really
shocked to the bones? And believe me, I really think I
was shocked. I became angry. But was I shocked enough?
Shocked enough to do something, to take action?
Technically (editing/camerawork) I think that shock
could be more forceful. But as you explained after the
screening it was your explicit choice to use a part of
the unedited imagery. And that it worked one way or
another is proved by the awards you are getting for
your doc!"
Hans
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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