my rating: |********..| 8/10
Directed by
Hubert Sauper
Writing credits
Hubert Sauper
Hubert Sauper .... Himself/Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
IMDb plot summary: In the 1950s or 1960s, the Nile perch was released into the Lake Victoria. In just a few decades, the large, voracious predator has all but eliminated the other species of fish, turning the lake into an ecological wasteland. "But economically, it's good" -- and indeed, perch fillet is Tanzania's best selling export to Europe. Fishermen, factory workers, civil servants, pilots of cargo aircrafts, delegates of the European Commission, communities living around Lake Victoria: plenty of people are involved in some way in this new industry. But if Africa exports hundreds of tons of premium-priced fish each day, what exactly do Africans get in return?
My Opinion: This documentary is devastating. Somehow I successfully managed to forget the bad situation in Africa, but this film shows that it is still bad, still unfair, still destroying. Watching this took me aback. What else does it change? Basically nothing. Maybe I'll give some money to the upcoming "Hunger-Day" collection here in Finland, but in general I'll just go on with my life as usual. Good that I'm atheist, otherwise I would have to be afraid of going to hell.
I read that Sauper already had a picture of the finished project in his head before he started doing it and therefore "casted" the scenes. There are some voices commenting on his film, stating that it streches the truth. Nevertheless these voices are not as effectingly as the pictures you can see.
THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA: THE TRUTH ON HUBERT SAUPERS- DARWINS NIGHTMARE FILM
Africultures: The ambiguity of Darwins Nightmare
Wikipedia: Darwin's Nightmare
Official Homepage
Directed by
Hubert Sauper
Writing credits
Hubert Sauper
Hubert Sauper .... Himself/Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
IMDb plot summary: In the 1950s or 1960s, the Nile perch was released into the Lake Victoria. In just a few decades, the large, voracious predator has all but eliminated the other species of fish, turning the lake into an ecological wasteland. "But economically, it's good" -- and indeed, perch fillet is Tanzania's best selling export to Europe. Fishermen, factory workers, civil servants, pilots of cargo aircrafts, delegates of the European Commission, communities living around Lake Victoria: plenty of people are involved in some way in this new industry. But if Africa exports hundreds of tons of premium-priced fish each day, what exactly do Africans get in return?
My Opinion: This documentary is devastating. Somehow I successfully managed to forget the bad situation in Africa, but this film shows that it is still bad, still unfair, still destroying. Watching this took me aback. What else does it change? Basically nothing. Maybe I'll give some money to the upcoming "Hunger-Day" collection here in Finland, but in general I'll just go on with my life as usual. Good that I'm atheist, otherwise I would have to be afraid of going to hell.
I read that Sauper already had a picture of the finished project in his head before he started doing it and therefore "casted" the scenes. There are some voices commenting on his film, stating that it streches the truth. Nevertheless these voices are not as effectingly as the pictures you can see.
THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA: THE TRUTH ON HUBERT SAUPERS- DARWINS NIGHTMARE FILM
Africultures: The ambiguity of Darwins Nightmare
Wikipedia: Darwin's Nightmare
Official Homepage
