"Daresalam"
2000
Directed by Issa Serge Coelo

Two friends, Dijmi (Haikail Zakaria) and Koni (Abdoulaye Ahmat) find their relationship strained to the breaking point when political turmoil causes them to join rival factions of a revolutionary movement. Issa Serge Coelo's beautifully photographed debut lends an unforgetable human face to the violent strife plaguing central Africa. "A poignant essay on civil war in modern-day Chad... achingly beautiful" (L.A. Weekly). In Arabic and French with English subtitles.  105 minutes.