Cinema in Sudan: Conversations with Gadalla Gubara
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| Directed by | Frédérique Cifuentes |
| Screenplay by | Frédérique Cifuentes |
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| Cinematography | Frédérique Cifuentes |
| Edited by | Peter Lewis |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | France |
Cinema in Sudan: conversations with Gadalla Gubara is a French 2008 documentary film.[1][2]
Synopsis
This documentary portrays a great Sudanese filmmaker, Gadalla Gubara (1920-2008), one of the pioneers of cinema in Africa. Through his works, Gadalla shows us a mysterious and misunderstood country, Sudan. Despite censorship and the lack of financial backing for over sixty years, he produced an independent and unique cinema in a country where freedom of expression is a rare luxury. This film follows the struggle of the man who received the Excellence Career Award at the 2006 African Academy Awards, Nigeria.
References
- ^ "Cinema in Sudan: Conversations with Gadalla Gubara". Cultures-Haiti. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ Afolayan, Bukola (1 April 2012). "Yes, Sudan made movies". Africa Is a Country. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- Cinema in Sudan: Conversations with Gadalla Gubara at IMDb