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DARFUR DAIRIES:MESSAGE FROM HOME
David Morse interviews activist Jen Marlowe about her filmJanuary 10, 2007.
Co-Produced by: Dori Smith and David Morse at FM 91.7 WHUS , at the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, CT David Morse has been writing about Darfur for Salon, Alternet and Tom Dispatch. He visited Sudan in 2005 and has been writing about the conflict in Darfur for two years. He interviewed Jen Marlowe to ask her questions about her film, "Darfur Diaries, Message from Home." Marlowe worked on the film with Adam Shapiro and Aisha Bain. We hear her describe what it was like to film Darfur Diaries and discuss the difficulties the team had gaining attention from the media. The makers of "Darfur Diaries, Message from Home," are hoping the release of their film on DVD will spark more public outcry about what is happening to the people of Darfur. For further information or a copy of the DVD you can go to their website .
David Morse is author of the novel, The Iron Bridge. He has recently been sharing audio from his many interviews on Darfur for listeners of Talk Nation Radio .
He comments on recent news about the Horn of Africa and reads what author, Alice Walker, had to say about Darfur Diaries. His web site
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