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The Empire in Africa (2006)

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Reviews Counted:9

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Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:00-00-0000

Synopsis: The story of the civil war in Sierra Leone is discussed at length in this thought-provoking documentary about the region.

Director: Philippe Diaz

Director: Philippe Diaz
Studio: Cinema Libre

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Highly recommended as a sobering companion piece to Hollywood's relatively-sanitized version of the same subject-matter in Blood Diamond.

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12/26/06
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
AALBC.com

There are images in "The Empire in Africa" that I wish I'd never seen, but it's worth enduring them to hear a side of the story that the media and Hollywood overlooked.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
12/11/06
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

Diaz refuses to accept received wisdom about the RUF's savagery, and it clearly took more than one revolutionary movement to reduce Sierra Leone to abject poverty.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/08/06
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

That Empire lacks clear-cut heroes and villains is not necessarily a fault, but the movie's muddle too often comes across as an attempt to avoid assigning responsibility where it belongs.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/08/06
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
Los Angeles Times
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[A] harrowing but provocative work of documentary filmmaking.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/08/06
Ray Greene
Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine

Philippe Diaz's tumultuous documentary is a noble but failed attempt to explicate the tragedy of Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war.

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12/07/06
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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It’s possible that Diaz’s sympathy for the RUF is symptomatic of a lingering tendency on the left to sanctify anything that calls itself a revolutionary front.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
12/07/06
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

Absolutely powerful indictment of imperialist greed in Sierra Leone. Reveals the hypocrisy of "humanitarian" interventions.

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12/06/06
Louis Proyect
Louis Proyect
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Filmmaker Philippe Diaz makes a strong case for blaming the international community in general, and the United Nations in particular, for the needless protraction of a conflict that left 70,000 dead and millions displaced.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
01/31/06
Joe Leydon
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Variety
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