We Come as Friends

Friday, August 14 - Thursday, September 10, 2015

Oscar-nominee Sauper (Darwin’s Nightmare) takes us on a dizzying, surreal journey into the heart of Africa. As the continent’s biggest country is being divided into two nations, colonialism and the clash of empires re-emerge, with new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources waged by Chinese oil workers and UN peacekeepers, Sudanese warlords and American evangelists.

  • Country France/Austria
  • Language In Arabic, English and Chinese with English subtitles
  • Rating NR
  • Running Time 110 minutes
  • Director Hubert Sauper

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