At the moment when Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old ‘civilizing’ pathology re-emerges – that of colonialism, the clash of empires, and yet more episodes of bloody and holy wars over land and resources. Chinese oil workers, UN peacekeepers, Sudanese warlords, and American evangelists ironically weave common ground in this documentary. We Come As Friends is a modern odyssey, a dizzying, science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa.
Hubert Sauper was born in Kitzbühel, a village in the Tyrol, the Austrian Alps. He has lived in Great Britain, Italy, the USA, and for the last twenty years in France. He studied film direction in Vienna (Univ. of Performing Arts) and in Paris (Univ. de Paris VIII.) and graduated with an MA. Hubert teaches film classes in Europe and the USA. The last two documentaries he wrote and directed won 12 international film prizes.
Selected: Era Max (1989), Piraten in Österreich (1990), Kisangani Diary (1998), Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
