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      We Come as Friends

      Released Aug 14, 2015 1h 50m Documentary TRAILER for We Come As Friends: Trailer 1 List
      97% 32 Reviews Tomatometer 63% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Filmmaker Hubert Sauper examines how colonialism, war and business contribute to the exploitation of South Sudan. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 03 Buy Now

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      Henry Barnes Guardian Sauper and his two-man crew fly over a land that's becoming as alien to its indigenous population as it was (and still is) to those who fancy exploiting it. Rated: 4/5 Jan 28, 2016 Full Review Peter Keough Boston Globe A fascination with serendipity, irony, and absurdity like that in Werner Herzog's documentaries propels "Friends" into unexpected territory. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 27, 2015 Full Review Ben Sachs Chicago Reader The action always feels as if it's unfolding in present tense, the avant-garde score and disorienting extreme close-ups conveying a sense of nervous, spontaneous energy. Aug 27, 2015 Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel We Come as Friends coalesces slowly, weighed down by some strained attempts at narrative poetry, and it could have easily lost ten to fifteen minutes of Sudanese natives goofing on Sauper's camera, but the film eventually hits its stride. Rated: 3.5/5 Apr 19, 2019 Full Review Steve Erickson Gay City News ... [director Hubert] Sauper knows when to shut up and refrain from being the kind of white man his subjects hate, instead giving a platform to them. Feb 15, 2018 Full Review Dan Webster Spokesman-Review (Washington) Seldom has a documentary immersed itself so far inside the culture it is portraying and with such devastating effect. Aug 16, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member What an absolute pos of a movie. Imagine that you are so brainwashed by leftist ideology and so bereft of historical knowledge that you believe that Sudan's problems were caused by France and Britain's colonialism. That's right, but for colonialism, the Arab slave traders of the modern day Maghreb wouldn't have been enslaving blacks. Africa would have totally peaceful had it not been for Europe dividing it into nations and introducing modern technology. Utter garbage. Only the dim witted left and Mille nails could possibly consider this I'll informed garbage entertaining. Awful awful claptrap. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Stunning, observational and incredibly powerful Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member 8/15/16 An intimate, up close and fascinating look at Africa, especially South Sudan. It has everything, economic exploitation, China, US, Evangelical Christians, Arabs v. Christians, government corruption and the ultimate loss and suffering of the common man. Colonization may have gone but white exploitation of land, people and resources for profit is alive and well. This is a look at Africa you would never see in mainstream media. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member mon oct 26: landmark LA wed oct 28: embarcadero SF thur oct 29: shattuck BERKELEY Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member OK, too long, needs a better plot line and editing but everything is there. very intimate and thought provoking documentary Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Mr Sauper, thank you very much for revealing such situations in such a concise and artistically elegant way. And thank you for making us leave the theatres uncomfortable. I deeply respect you sir. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Filmmaker Hubert Sauper examines how colonialism, war and business contribute to the exploitation of South Sudan.
      Director
      Hubert Sauper
      Screenwriter
      Hubert Sauper
      Distributor
      BBC Worldwide North America
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 14, 2015, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 3, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 50m
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