Washington, DC Film Festival
October 6-8, 2005Thursday, October 6
7:30 p.m.
DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE
Director: HUBERT SAUPER
Documentary. 2004. France/Austria/Belgium. 107 min. English/Russian/Swahili, subtitled.
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Hubert Sauper's film -- called "a work of art," by A.O. Scott of the New York Times -- is a clear-eyed examination of globalization, utilizing a series of events at Lake Victoria in Tanzania as a microcosm. The documentary focuses on two relentless killing machines: the Nile Perch, which ate through everything that used to live in the lake; and the foreign capitalists who introduced the fish in order to successfully sell it to European consumers. Losing out were the local Tanzanians who lived off the lake's bounty.
It is a tale about fish, but also about humans between
the North and the South and about globalization. The
documentary won several awards, among which the 2004
European Film Awards for Best Documentary and the top prize at Silverdocs 2005
Filmmakers/Distributors Contact Information:
wlidell@internationalfilmcircuit.com
A panel discussion will follow the screening.
6:00-7:00 Private reception, invitation only
Thursday, October 6th, 7:30 p.m.