New Robert Young Pelton Documentary Explores Conflict in South Sudan

Anyone who has seen Robert Young Pelton’s work or heard him speak knows that he’s not an individual to shy away from the difficult or the dangerous, and it’s hard not to take notice of the results. That’s undoubtedly why VICE Magazine has, for the first time in its history, dedicated an issue entirely to “Saving South Sudan”, the most recent work from Pelton, filmmaker Tim Freccia, and former South Sudanese refugee, Machot. Of the project and partnership, the magazine said this:

Saving South Sudan is a multi-platform exploration of the horrors of the country’s newest civil war. We devoted an entire issue of the magazine to Robert Young Pelton and Tim Freccia’s sprawling 35,000-plus word epic exploration of the crisis in South Sudan. It’s a companion piece of sorts; watch the documentary and read the issue or vice versa. But you won’t get a full scope of the situation without doing both.

You can read more about their eye-opening journey, and the upcoming “Saving South Sudan” issue of VICE, here, and watch Part One the documentary below.