Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival Jen Marlowe, with Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro After years of oppression, the Sudan Liberation Army on Darfur took up arms against the Sudanese government in February 2003. The government and its allied militias answered the rebellion with mass murder, rape, and the wholesale destruction of villages and livelihood. Millions of people were displaced, and hundreds of thousands killed. In November 2004, three independent filmmakers traveled to eastern Chad and crept across the border into Darfur. Improvising as they went, they spoke with dozens of Darfurians, learning about their history, hopes, fears, and the resilience and tragedy of their everyday lives.