Sudanese cinema has long struggled against state censorship and neglect, yet filmmakers have persisted with remarkable determination, as seen in Talking About Trees, which follows veteran directors trying to reopen a derelict cinema in Khartoum. It is a cinema defined by resilience and quiet defiance. Browse Macca's reviews below.
Rating: 4.0★
Sudan is not a country with a long or well-resourced filmmaking tradition. Decades of conflict, economic instability, and a cultural climate that offered little institutional support for the arts meant that, for much of the twentieth century, Sudanese cinema barely existed as a going concern. That context matters when
Genre Documentary
★★★ — Talking About Trees (2019)
Genre Drama
★★ — Dowry of Life (2013)
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