Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
This brilliantly edited and investigated documentary comes to us from a European filmmaker telling the hellish story of Tanzanians.
From the shores of Lake Victoria, on of the greatest fresh water lakes in the world, we receive the account of those languishing from the fishing trade as thousands of crates of frozen Nile perch are flown north to Europe every day. We get the angles on ecology, arms dealing, AIDS, street kids, prostitution, unemployment, famine, violence, etc. All of this from what should be one of the most prosperous areas in Africa.
The film is shot in digital video, but no matter. The content is powerful and the emotion desperate.
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