Closed District (2005)

Name: Closed District
Genre: Documentary
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Documentary | 55 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 55 minuten

Country: Belgium

Directed by: Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd

IMDb score: 7,0 (13)

Releasedate: 1 January 2004

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Closed District plot

In 1996 director Vandeweerd stayed in the village of Mankien in South Sudan to film the war. At the time, he thought making a film about a conflict-ridden region was an act of dedication. Once there, reality appeared differently than he had imagined. The war that was being fought was not only a struggle between an oppressive government and oppressed minorities, but above all a latent conflict dominated by economic interests and power. “Closed District” is not just a film about the war in South Sudan; the documentary is also about war in general, about the death and suffering that often result from it.