• Run time: 88 minutes 42 seconds
• Country of origin: United States

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Mark Brecke's They Turned Our Desert Into Fire tells the story of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, through the perspectives of Amtrak passengers during a three-day, cross-country train trip. In dramatic contrast to the benign American landscape outside the train, Mark's photographic images of desolation, death, and human suffering in the burned out villages of Darfur and refugee camps of Chad confront one after another of twelve train passengers. Complementing the photographs are moving accounts of Mark's experiences and a comprehensive expert analysis, which illuminates the full dimensions of the crisis and raises serious questions about the world's apparently willful indifference to it. For the twelve passengers, and thus the film's audience, a cross-country train trip becomes an enlightening and emotional journey through an indifferent American media landscape into the heart of the Darfur tragedy.(more)

• Director:

  Mark Brecke

• Writer(s):

  Mark Brecke, Jason Mitchell, Stacey Ransom

• Producer(s):

  Mark Brecke, Jason Mitchell, Stacey Ransom

• Director of Photography:

  Jason Mitchell, S. Smith Patrick

• Cast and Credits:

  John Prendergast
  Samantha Powers
  Rep. Barbara Lee
  Georgette Gagnon
  Sulieman Jamous
  
  Editor: Jason Mitchell
  Titles: Stacey Ransom
  Original Score: Vivek Madalla
  Sound Mix: Michael Maurillo
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• Film Website:

  http:/ / www.desertintofire.com

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