Cucalorus and Working Films present:
The Devil Came on Horseback





Award winning documentary seeks broad Wilmington audience, engaging the community for one week of screenings in five local theaters.

Screening Schedule
Monday, August 6 • Mayfaire Cinemas • 10am
Tuesday, August 7 • Lumina Theatre, UNCW • 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 8 • Lumina Theatre, UNCW • 7:30pm
Thursday, August 9 • Cameron Art Musuem • 7:30pm
Friday, August 10 • Jengo's Playhouse • 6:30pm and 9pm
Saturday, August 11 • Jengo's Playhouse • 6:30pm and 9pm
Sunday, August 12 • Jengo's Playhouse • 4:30pm and 7pm

Mayfaire Cinemas, Lumina Theatre and Cameron Art Museum screenings are free. Jengo's Playhouse screenings are $7 each and free for Cucalorus Film Foundation members.

Award winning filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, who directed the 2006 Cucalorus opening night film "The Trials of Darryl Hunt," return to the screen with “The Devil Came on Horseback,” a film that reports on the atrocities in Darfur. Cucalorus will screen the film at five venues throughout Wilmington from August 6 to August 12, 2007. Each screening will be followed by a community discussion with interested leaders and activists.

Synopsis:
THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK exposes the violence and tragedy of the genocide taking place in Darfur as seen through the eyes of an American witness. Using more than a thousand uncompromising and exclusive photographs taken by former US Marine Captain Brian Steidle during his role as a military observer with the African Union, THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK propels the viewer through the tragic impact of an Arab government bent on destroying its black African citizens. As an official military observer, Steidle had access to parts of the country that no journalist could penetrate. He was unprepared for what he would witness and experience, including being fired upon, taken hostage, and being unable to intervene to save the lives of young children. Ultimately frustrated by the inaction of the international community, Steidle resigned and returned to the US to expose the images and stories of lives systematically destroyed. Haunted by what he has seen and the backlash against his advocacy efforts, Brian traveled to the refugee camps of Chad to reconnect with survivors of the violence he witnessed. THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK will had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in January and won the Full Frame Film Festival's Working Films award.

For more info about the film: www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com

This event is co-sponsored by Working Films, the Cameron Art Museum, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Mayfaire Cinemas, the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the YWCA of the Lower Cape Fear.