
As war-ravaged South Sudan claims independence from North Sudan and its brutal President, Omar al-Bashir, a tiny, homemade prop plane wings in from France. It is piloted by eagle-eyed documentarian Hubert Sauper, who is mining for stories in a land trapped in the past but careening toward an apocalyptic future.... (Full plot summary below)
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As war-ravaged South Sudan claims independence from North Sudan and its brutal President, Omar al-Bashir, a tiny, homemade prop plane wings in from France. It is piloted by eagle-eyed documentarian Hubert Sauper, who is mining for stories in a land trapped in the past but careening toward an apocalyptic future.
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| NonficsDan SchindelAn instructional in how imperialism in Africa has not died off, but merely taken on a new form. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA riveting documentary that will bring your blood to a boil when you see how Africans are being exploited once again. |
| Chicago ReaderBen SachsThe 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. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferPrepare to be emotionally engrossed and enraged by this alarming and searing exposé on neocolonialism in South Sudan. |
| Film ExperienceGlenn DunksDeeply unsettling and saddening, a brief glimpse of a tanned George Clooney only solidifying the tragedy. This is a pretty powerful work of non-fiction. |
| Seattle WeeklyBrian MillerLight on its feet yet dead-serious in tone, this excellent doc alternates micro to macro, ground to air. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordThe filmmaker uses his little plane to give us a bird's eye view of a country struggling with keeping its independence against the odds. |
| MetroMatt PriggeA a collection of stolen sights, often dripping in gallows humor, that builds to a subjective portrayal of a true, dense rot. |
| Washington PostAnn Hornaday"We Come as Friends" has been beautifully filmed, with Sauper's God's-eye views of his plane's wing and the African landscape below resembling something Saint-Exupéry might have conjured. |
| Gay City NewsSteve Erickson... [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. |