Sudan: A Modern Day ‘Zone of Interest’ Horror

Millions of Sudanese lives hang in the balance in what is by far the world’s largest humanitarian catastrophe. So much is happening in the world, however, that most people are either unaware of this crisis or avert their eyes.

This phenomenon of turning away led me to watch the Oscar-winning The Zone of Interest. Strikingly different from other Holocaust films is how normal the life of the main character appears, despite his being the commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where over a…