The film Eyes and Ears of God is a documentary testimony of publicist and activist Tomo Križnar about more than thirty years of covert extermination of African indigenous people from Sudan's areas rich in natural resources - the Nuba Mountains, Darfur, Abjei and the Blue Nile. From 2009 to 2012, Tomo Križnar together with Suleiman Jamous, the humanitarian coordinator of the rebels in Darfur, and Klemen Mihelič, the founder of the Hope organization, distributed more than four hundred cameras to volunteers in Sudan's war zones to record the actions of their aggressors. This is a personal testimony of what an individual can do with like-minded people and friends who still believe in the power of active social commitment and do not give in to conformity. The film testifies to the power of cameras, which can be more powerful weapons than Kalashnikovs, and includes footage that serves as evidence for the prosecution at the International Court of Justice in The Hague about the genocide of peoples in Sudan. The documentary also tells the story of the birth of South Sudan's independence and how secession led to new wars between the strategic interests of the world's superpowers and the two Sudans.
The documentary by Tom Križnar and Maja Weiss is the story of tortured Sudanese who protect their lives with the help of cameras, computers and satellite modems and thus become witnesses to their own woes. Forgotten by world politics, the media and humanitarian organizations, the 'civilized' world is asking for help.
Producer: |
Tomo Križnar |
Director: |
Tomo Križnar and Maja Weiss |
Script: |
Tomo Križnar and Maja Weiss |
Editing: |
Svetlana Dramlič |
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Glasba: Igor Leonardi
Izvršna producentka: Živa Ozmec
Koprodukcija: Bela Film, RTV Slovenija, Studio Arkadena
Finančna podpora: AV sklad Ministrstva za kulturo RS
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Tomo Križnar was born in 1954 in Jesenice. He has a degree in economics and mechanical engineering. He started traveling as a student; with a hitchhiker around the world, with a motorcycle across Africa, with a moped around South America and with a donkey, two goats and four chickens for the first time in the central Sudanese province of Kordofan. After many trips, he gets a job at Iskra Telematics, where he works as a project manager of relations with IBM International, but only a few years later he goes to refugee camps in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Kampuchea as a volunteer... He exposes the injustices and crimes of the world in many books and films. Tomo Križnar was born in 1954 in Jesenice. He has a degree in economics and mechanical engineering. He started traveling as a student; with a hitchhiker around the world, with a motorcycle across Africa, with a moped around South America and with a donkey, two goats and four chickens for the first time in the central Sudanese province of Kordofan. After many trips, he gets a job at Iskra Telematics, where he works as a project manager of relations with IBM International, but only a few years later he goes to refugee camps in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Kampuchea as a volunteer... He exposes the injustices and crimes of the world in many books and films.