New film 'Devil Came on Horseback' documents atrocities photographer Brian Steidle saw.
For six months, photographer photographer Brian Steidle — a former Marine — bore witness to one of the world's worst tragedies — the ongoing genocide conducted by the Sudanese government against its own people, a slaughter of the young and the old and the innocent, a mass execution of some half-million people in the Darfur region. He watched. He learned. He took pictures.
The subject of a new film on his experience, "The Devil Came on Horseback," Brian returned to the United States with a message of sadness, yes, but also one of hope.
He recently sat down with MTV News to give us a brief history of the conflict, discuss some of the atrocities he witnessed and explain how we can help to make a difference.
On the basics:
"Darfur is a western region within the country of Sudan, Sudan being the largest country in Africa, south of Egypt.
"Right now in Darfur there's an ongoing genocide. Within the country there are 450,000 to 500,000 people who have been killed; 2.5 to 3 million have been displaced from their homes out of a population of around 7 million." Read the full story >>>>>
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