- If it will bring the story to larger masses then I,m all for it, but I can't help but feel that dramaticizing the events that Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg were able to skillfully document might be lsot in translation. Variety reports that the doc (one of my favorites at Sundance) based on the memoir of former Us Marine Captain Brian Steidle will be brought once again to the big screen via Jen Chaiken and Sebastian Dungan of 72 Prods. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Freed will adapt the story mostly from the novel version of The Devil Came on Horseback and borrow elements (I supposed) from the documentary film. Below is a description of the emotionally jarring documentary film that preemed this past summer.Using the exclusive photographs and first hand testimony of former U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle, The Devil Came On Horseback takes the viewer
- 1/15/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
NEW YORK -- The Devil Came on Horseback, U.S. Marine Brian Steidle's harrowing Darfur memoir that served as the basis for a 2007 documentary, will hit the big screen again as a narrative feature.
In a pre-strike deal, 72 Prods.' Jen Chaiken (My Flesh and Blood) and Sebastian Dungan (Transamerica) acquired rights to the nonfiction book and hired journalist David Freed to adapt the screenplay.
The 2007 memoir, co-written by Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace, follows the former U.S. Marine Captain during his assignment as an official observer in Sudan. After being prevented from saving lives in the region, Steidle risked his life to smuggle photographs of the Darfur genocide to the New York Times.
Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg's eponymous 2007 docu based on the book, which premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival, was voted onto this year's documentary feature Oscar shortlist.
Dean Schramm of the Schramm Group repped Steidle, Steidle Wallace and Freed in their deals with 72 Prods.
In a pre-strike deal, 72 Prods.' Jen Chaiken (My Flesh and Blood) and Sebastian Dungan (Transamerica) acquired rights to the nonfiction book and hired journalist David Freed to adapt the screenplay.
The 2007 memoir, co-written by Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace, follows the former U.S. Marine Captain during his assignment as an official observer in Sudan. After being prevented from saving lives in the region, Steidle risked his life to smuggle photographs of the Darfur genocide to the New York Times.
Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg's eponymous 2007 docu based on the book, which premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival, was voted onto this year's documentary feature Oscar shortlist.
Dean Schramm of the Schramm Group repped Steidle, Steidle Wallace and Freed in their deals with 72 Prods.
- 1/11/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Translated, Jangaweed means "devil on horseback." The Jangaweed burn, shoot, rape, slaughter and pillage the western part of Sudan, Darfur. They are the Arab militia supported by the Arab-dominated Sudanese government and bent on wiping out the African and Christian population of Sudan.
In this scorching documentary, filmmakers Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg document the genocide perpetrated in that African nation, where more than 400,000 non-Arab people have been slaughtered. Nearly 3 million have been forced from their homes.
Filtered through the eyes of a gallant ex-Marine, Capt. Brian Steidle, who served as a military observer with the African Union in the western part of Sudan, the docu is an unnervingly powerful picture of atrocity. Steidle documented the unspeakable cruelty in more than 1,000 pictures that inspired a New York Times expose.
The Devil on Horseback is a cinematic salvo of heart-breaking interviews, onsite footage and pictures of unimaginable carnage. It is a powerful warning of another Rwanda in the making -- another one that world powers have not acted on. The U.N. Security Council has issued nine resolutions condemning the atrocities, all with abstentions from China, which has massive oil interests in the region. Sudan thumbs its nose, and the U.N. backs off.
Perhaps this powerful docu, to air this year on HBO, will spur action from more effective entities. Meanwhile, famished Darfur citizens pour into poverty-stricken, barren eastern Chad, living in refugee camps and searching for family members.
THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK
A Break Thru Films production in association withGlobal Grassroots & Three Generations
Credits:
Producers: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg, Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells
Screenwriters-directors: Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern
Directors of photography: Jerry Risius, Phil Cox, Tim Hetherington, William Rexer II, Anne Sundberg, John Keith Wasson
Editor: Joey Grossfield
Music: Paul Brill
Cast:
Brian Steidle: Brian Steidle
Running time -- 85 minutes
No MPAA rating...
In this scorching documentary, filmmakers Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg document the genocide perpetrated in that African nation, where more than 400,000 non-Arab people have been slaughtered. Nearly 3 million have been forced from their homes.
Filtered through the eyes of a gallant ex-Marine, Capt. Brian Steidle, who served as a military observer with the African Union in the western part of Sudan, the docu is an unnervingly powerful picture of atrocity. Steidle documented the unspeakable cruelty in more than 1,000 pictures that inspired a New York Times expose.
The Devil on Horseback is a cinematic salvo of heart-breaking interviews, onsite footage and pictures of unimaginable carnage. It is a powerful warning of another Rwanda in the making -- another one that world powers have not acted on. The U.N. Security Council has issued nine resolutions condemning the atrocities, all with abstentions from China, which has massive oil interests in the region. Sudan thumbs its nose, and the U.N. backs off.
Perhaps this powerful docu, to air this year on HBO, will spur action from more effective entities. Meanwhile, famished Darfur citizens pour into poverty-stricken, barren eastern Chad, living in refugee camps and searching for family members.
THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK
A Break Thru Films production in association withGlobal Grassroots & Three Generations
Credits:
Producers: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg, Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells
Screenwriters-directors: Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern
Directors of photography: Jerry Risius, Phil Cox, Tim Hetherington, William Rexer II, Anne Sundberg, John Keith Wasson
Editor: Joey Grossfield
Music: Paul Brill
Cast:
Brian Steidle: Brian Steidle
Running time -- 85 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 7/27/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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