Films

Film list

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Kafi's Story 1979 53'
Directed by Arthur Howes Amy Hardie.
Shot in 1989, Kafi's Story captures Nuba life at the moment before it was engulfed in the Sudanese civil war. Kafi narrates his own story into a portable tape record as he travels from his village,
North and Northeast Africa Film / Photography / Mass media Marriage Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
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Nuba Conversation 1989 53'
Directed by Arthur Howes.
Ten years after he made 'Kafi's Story', director Arthur Howes returns to the Sudan to find the members of the Nuba who featured in his earlier documentary film. Soon after he had left the Sudan, the
North and Northeast Africa Children / Young people War / Conflict / Reconciliation Refugees / Displaced populations
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Nuba Wrestling 1991 42'
Directed by Rolf Husmann Werner Sperschneider.
The weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum usually take place between Northern and Southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity in a
North and Northeast Africa Collective / Community identity Gender Role and Identity Urban Sport
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Orphans of Passage: The Uduk 1993 52'
Directed by Bruce MacDonald.
In 1987 Sudanese government forces attacked the Uduk of Southern Sudan, and 20-25000 Uduk fled. Since then they have criss-crossed the Sudanese/Ethiopian border 5 times. In the spring of 1992, 13000
North and Northeast Africa Refugees / Displaced populations War / Conflict / Reconciliation Religion / Belief / Faith Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
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The Shilluk of Southern Sudan 1976 52'
Directed by Chris Curling.
This film presents a compelling visual and aural analysis of Shilluk kingship in 1975, and provides a very useful complement to Evans-Pritchard's 1948 text, The Divine Kingship of the Shilluk.
North and Northeast Africa Collective / Community identity Social Organisation
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Sifinja - The Iron Bride 2009 70'
Directed by Valerie Haensch.
A film about mobility, human creativity, and technology in a Sudanese truck community. The English Bedford-Lorry was introduced to Sudan in the late 1960s. Since then, local craftsmen technically
North and Northeast Africa Infrastructure / Transport Material Culture Art / Artists / Artisans