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SUDANESE SHORTS
May 27, 6pm CST
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ABOUT THE SUDANESE SHORTS

In April 1989, a group of filmmakers founded the Sudanese Film
Group (SFG) under the ruling government, only to be disbanded a few months later due to the precarious political climate. Many of the SFG’s visionary films were lost or hidden from the public until recently. Digitally restored in 2018, these rare and experimental short films touch on a variety of subjects and provide a glimpse of life in Sudan.

Al Dhareeh / The Tomb / الضريح
Eltayeb Mahdi
17 mins, 1977

Al Dhareeh tells the story of a man who claims to be able to heal people.

Al Mahatta / The Station / المحطة
Eltayeb Mahdi
16 mins | 1989

Sudan in the late 1980s. People cross the desert on foot or cover long distances by car and truck. Al Mahatta shows encounters at one of the large crossroads between the capital Khartoum in the center of the country and Bur Sudan on the Red Sea.

Eltayeb Mahdi was born in Omdurman, Sudan, in 1951 and studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo. He is a founding member of the Sudanese Film Group and a member of the editorial board of the magazine Cinema.

Wa Lakin Alardh Tadur / It Still Rotates / ولكن الأرض تدور

Suliman Elnour
19 mins, 1978

Suliman Elnour’s graduation film Wa Lakin Alardh Tadur depicts a typical school scene in Yemen during the time the film was made.

Suliman Elnour was born in 1947 and is a Sudanese filmmaker and writer. He studied folklore, and African and Asian studies at the University of Khartoum and film at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, Moscow. He is a founding member of the Sudanese Film Group and a member of the editorial board of the magazine Cinema.

Jamal / A Camel / جمل

Ibrahim Shaddad
14 mins, 1981

Jamal is a report from the life of a camel, most of which plays out in a dreary, small room—a sesame mill.

Ibrahim Shaddad was born in Halfa, Sudan, in 1945 and studied at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. He has written and directed many films and plays. Practically all films and plays in Sudan were discontinued by producers or banned by governments. He is a founding member of the Sudanese Film Group and a member of the editorial board of the magazine Cinema.