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The past year has given us two searing portraits of the human crisis in Darfur: Darfur Now and The Devil Came on Horseback. Tonight on HBO, a worthy third film joins them. In Sand and Sorrow, director Paul Freedman and narrator George Clooney follow John Prendergast, Samantha Power and Nicholas Kristof as they explore the tragedy of the genocide in Sudan. They journey through refugee camps on the Chad-Sudan border, visit mass graves inside Darfur itself and even travel to the U.S. Senate to speak on behalf of the innocent dead. Senators Barack Obama and Sam Brownback are interviewed as is Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel and many others.
In an effort to broaden the reach of the documentary, Campus Progress has created a web page dedicated to setting up house parties to watch the documentary. Also, the ENOUGH Project has set up a page where you can register to join a conference call with the participants immediately following the screening of the film. Finally, HBO has generously relaxed its normally exclusive broadcast policy by continuously streaming the film in its entirety at hbo.com from Friday, December 7th to Sunday, December 9th. It will also be available on HBO's OnDemand Service through January 7th. Sand and Sorrow is a movie that everyone should see. Do so.
Full broadcast schedule after the jump
Thursday, 12/6 at 5 pm on HBO East
Thursday, 12/6 at 5 pm on HBO Latino East
Thursday, 12/6 at 8 pm on HBO Latino West
Thursday, 12/6 at 8 pm on HBO West
Friday, 12/7 at 8:30 pm on HBO2 East
Saturday, 12/8 at 11:30 pm on HBO2 West
Monday, 12/10 at 11:15 am on HBO East
Monday, 12/10 at 11:15 am on HBO Latino East
Monday, 12/10 at 2:15 pm on HBO Latino West
Monday, 12/10 at 2:15 pm on HBO West
Monday, 12/10 at 7:30 pm on HBO East
Monday, 12/10 at 7:30 pm on HBO Latino East
Tuesday, 12/11 at 10:30 pm on HBO Latino West
Tuesday, 12/11 at 10:30 am on HBO West
Wednesday, 12/12 at 5:15 am on HBO2 East
Wednesday, 12/12 at 8:15 am on HBO2 West
Saturday, 12/15 at 1:30 pm on HBO East
Saturday, 12/15 at 1:30 pm on HBO Latino East
Saturday, 12/15 at 4:30 pm on HBO Latino West
Saturday, 12/15 at 4:30 pm on HBO West
Tuesday, 12/18 at 5:45 am on HBO Latino East
Tuesday, 12/18 at 5:45 am on HBO East
Tuesday, 12/18 at 8:45 am on HBO Latino West
Tuesday, 12/18 at 8:45 am on HBO West
Wednesday, 12/19 at 9:20 pm on HBO Latino East
Wednesday, 12/19 at 9:20 pm on HBO East
Wednesday, 12/19 at 12:20 am on HBO Latino West
Wednesday, 12/19 at 12:30 am on HBO West
Friday, 12/21 at 8:45 am on HBO Latino East
Friday, 12/21 at 8:45 am on HBO East
Friday, 12/21 at 11:45 am on HBO Latino West
Friday, 12/21 at 11:45 am on HBO West
Sunday, 12/23 at 6:00 am on HBO Latino East
Sunday, 12/23 at 6:00 am on HBO East
Sunday, 12/23 at 9:00 am on HBO West
Wednesday, 12/26 at 9:15 am on HBO Signature East
Wednesday, 12/26 at 12:15 pm on HBO Signature West
Thursday, 12/27 at 9:30 pm on HBO Signature East
Thursday, 12/27 at 12:30 am on HBO Signature West
Sunday, 12/30 at 4:15 pm on HBO Signature East
Sunday, 12/30 at 7:15 pm on HBO Signature West
Friday, 1/4 at 1:45 pm on HBO Signature East
Friday, 1/4 at 4:45 pm on HBO Signature West
Monday, 1/7 at 11:00 pm on HBO2 East
Monday, 1/7 at 2:00 am on HBO2 West
Saturday, 1/12 at 9:30 am on HBO2 East
Saturday, 1/12 at 3:30 pm on HBO2 West
Tuesday, 1/15 at 5:00 pm on HBO Signature East
Tuesday, 1/15 at 8:00 pm on HBO Signature West
Thursday, 1/17 at 12:45 pm on HBO2 East
Thursday, 1/17 at 3:45 pm on HBO2 West
Friday, 1/18 at 4:40 am on HBO2 East
Friday, 1/18 at 7:40 am on HBO2 West
Saturday, 1/19 at 11:45 am on HBO Signature East
Saturday, 1/19 at 2:45 pm on HBO Signature West
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