Events

Join Mizna for a screening of SIT IN by Eltayeb Mahdi followed by a post-screening discussion. This event aims to provide space for our local community to learn about and process the recent events in Sudan.

When: 6:30–9:00 PM (doors at 6:30 PM; film starts at 7 PM)

Where: New City Center (Sanctuary), 3104 16th Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55407

This event will raise funds for Sunduq Al Sudan and Via Campesina.

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ABOUT SIT IN (2024)

In December 2018, many Sudanese people took to the streets to protest against the oppressive regime of Omar al-Bashir. The demonstrations continued for months, and on April 6th 2019, the protestors staged a sit-in in front of the Sudanese army headquarters in Khartoum. Militarized troops used force against the protestors, and estimates suggest that the army killed over 100 people, while injuring and arresting hundreds more. Yet after months of protest, just five days after the sit-in began, al-Bashir stepped down as President of Sudan.

SIT IN is a documentary that explores the various modalities and procedures revolutionaries used in order to create change. Despite the government’s many actions to thwart the protestors––some violent and some diplomatic––through solidarity and cooperation, the people of Sudan altered their country’s history.