Sudan Movies

  • 2011
    Jamila

    Jamila

    Jamila

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    A Young South Sudanese girl struggles with temptations to complete university and secure a job that will cater for her and her brother....She gets...

    Jamila
  • 2022
    Buzz

    Buzz

    Buzz

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    While her situation is deteriorating, a sick mother watches her son and daughter going through her tragedy and their new reality.

    Buzz
  • 2022
    Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness

    Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness

    Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness

    02022HD

    This artist profile of Kamala Ibrahim Ishag was commissioned by the Serpentine Galleries to accompany an exhibition titled "Kamala Ibrahim Ishag:...

    Kamala Ibrahim Ishag: States of Oneness
  • 2021
    Abyei, the Bridge for Peace and Crucible of Harmony

    Abyei, the Bridge for Peace and Crucible of Harmony

    Abyei, the Bridge for Peace and Crucible of Harmony

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    Dr. Atif Abdelmageed travels to Abyei, a disputed border region between South Sudan and Sudan, where he speaks with local residents about their...

    Abyei, the Bridge for Peace and Crucible of Harmony
  • 1970
    My Mother Is Not Oil

    My Mother Is Not Oil

    My Mother Is Not Oil

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    When a foreign professor’s lecture on science and religion shakes his faith, a young Sudanese student drifts toward atheism, until his...

    My Mother Is Not Oil
  • 2025
    Practical Portals

    Practical Portals

    Practical Portals

    02025HD

    Told through somatic performance, oral prose, and solfeggio frequencies, Practical Portals is an experimental, moving-image series documenting a...

    Practical Portals
  • 2024
    Nothing Happens After That

    Nothing Happens After That

    Nothing Happens After That

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    In a desperate attempt to find a final resting place for their only child, Thomas is surprised to discover that today is not the right day.

    Nothing Happens After That
  • 2002
    Benjamin and His Brother

    Benjamin and His Brother

    Benjamin and His Brother

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    Years of war and ethnic conflict in the Sudan have created a generation of young men, known as the "Lost Boys," who have spent more years in refugee...

    Benjamin and His Brother
  • 1969
    Hopes and Dreams

    Hopes and Dreams

    Hopes and Dreams

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    A 16mm feature film from Sudan.

    Hopes and Dreams
  • 2013
    Tayba

    Tayba

    Tayba

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    Tayba is an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s aunt as she, from the repose of old age, recollects how she overcame the stigma of divorce and...

    Tayba
  • 2013
    Cinema Behind Bars

    Cinema Behind Bars

    Cinema Behind Bars

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    Closed cinemas. Primarily visually approached. Not spectacularly, but quietly and carefully. The symbolism of closed, derelict cinemas is strong....

    Cinema Behind Bars
  • 2025
    Sabren

    Sabren

    Sabren

    02025HD

    The film captures the struggles of Sudanese revolutionaries after the October 2021 coup – a turning point that halted the revolution's progress...

    Sabren
  • 1991
    Nuba Wrestling

    Nuba Wrestling

    Nuba Wrestling

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    The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps...

    Nuba Wrestling
  • 2021
    Virtual Voice

    Virtual Voice

    Virtual Voice

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    Suzi (Suzannah Mirghani) is the voice of her generation—the virtual voice, that is.

    Virtual Voice
  • 2020
    Blue Stars

    Blue Stars

    Blue Stars

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    The well-known members of the legendary Blue Stars band around today's Khartoum streets and to their performances.

    Blue Stars
  • 2022
    Dead as a Dodo

    Dead as a Dodo

    Dead as a Dodo

    02022HD

    Wiped out by Dutch settlers less than a century after their arrival on Mauritius to establish a penal colony, the Dodo continues to live on as a...

    Dead as a Dodo
  • 1970
    Brick of Life

    Brick of Life

    Brick of Life

    01970HD

    The women in a camp for displaced people in Darfur have to make and carry bricks while the men idle the day away. The film ends with a call for...

    Brick of Life