Darfur Now

This is the kind of film that doesn’t end after the credits roll, and it’s a gold-star example for what a documentary should do: inspire.

The kind of movie you're glad somebody had the guts to make, but you don't really want to endure.

By showing the struggles and efforts of about half a dozen people, it puts a human face on the tragedy.

See Darfur Now, and you won't read the daily news the same way again.

What Darfur Now offers is a collective vision of actions, small and large, taken on many fronts, to end the crisis. The movie is a quiet, methodical call to action.

For all the film’s rallying efforts, its meandering structure and absence of a central driving character results in a film about genocide that is, as unbelievable as it sounds, kind of boring.

If you evaluate Darfur Now against the goals it sets for itself--as a stirring call to action--it must be considered lacking.