SUDANESE FILM GROUP, THEN AND NOW (Part 1)
The films becomes available on September 16th at 4:00 pm Pacific Time, and you’ll have 10 days to start watching.
Arab Film Series Online – SUDANESE FILM GROUP, THEN AND NOW (Part 1)
Free Online Stream | Suggested $5 Donation – Register
The Arab American National Museum (AANM), Arab Film and Media Institute (AFMI), and ArteEast proudly present the Arab Film Series, a monthly curated online program of contemporary and classic films, followed by discussions with Arab, Arab American, and diasporic filmmakers, connecting a worldwide community through film, dialogue, and activism.
The Arab Film Series Online returns for September & November with a two-part series featuring work from the Sudanese Film Group.
- Watch Part 1 from Sept 16th through the 26th
- Watch Part 2 from Nov 11th through the 21st
Founded in April 1989 by Ibrahim Shaddad, Eltayeb Mahdi, and Suliman Elnour, just months before Omar Albashir’s military coup, the Sudanese Film Group (SFG) is a collective of filmmakers with a goal to maintain and develop Sudanese cinema. After returning from their film studies abroad, the members spread their love of cinema through film productions, mobile screenings, and publications. Producing over forty films, the group aspired for freedom of expression and the amplifying of local narratives.
This program, curated by ArteEast’s NNAAC fellow, Shayma Aziz, offers a remarkable look into the works of the SFG which has recorded decades of Sudanese society through the lenses of documentation, experimentation and surrealism. Sudan is ultimately portrayed as a place of complexities, humor and dreams.