Darwin's Nightmare (2004)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese	...	Herself - Pilots' girlfriend, singer
	Raphael Tukiko Wagara	...	Himself - Night guard
	Dimond Remtulia	...	Himself - Fish factory owner
	Marcus Nyoni	...	Himself - Airport police officer
	Sergey Samarets	...	Himself - Ilyushin-76 captain
	Jonathan Nathanael	...	Himself - Young painter
	Msafiri 'Safiri' Habat	...	Himself - One-legged street boy
	Dima Rogonov	...	Himself - Singing pilot
	Vladimir Tarasenko	...	Himself - Air navigator
	Jura Biriuchev	...	Himself - Freight supervisor
	Stanislav Ivanchenko	...	Himself - Radio engineer
	Jakob Maiseli	...	Himself - Fish-quality controller
	Lalit Malhotra	...	Himself - Simba Plastics salesman
	Shadard Mkono	...	Himself - Fishing camp leader
	Cleopa Kaijage	...	Himself - Reverend

Storyline

The larger scope of the story explores the gun trade to Africa that takes place under the covers -- Russian pilots fly guns into Africa, then fly fish back out to Europe. The hazards and consequences of this trade are explored, including the pan-African violence propagated by constant flow of weapons into the continent. If it is a "survival of the fittest" world, as Darwin concluded, then the capitalist interests that fund the gun runners are climbing the evolutionary ladder on the backs of the Africans in this stark Darwinian example. Much like the foreseeable extinction of the Lake Victoria perch, and death of Lake Victoria itself, the Africans are in grave jeopardy, even as they survive in the only ways they know how. Written by Erin Willis <erindive@yahoo.com>  

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