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★
What does it do to a person, being told before you can even speak that your death is already written? That question sits at the heart of Amjad Abu Alala's Sudanese debut, and it never lets go. From the moment a Sufi sheikh delivers his prophecy over a
Genre Documentary
★★★ — Talking About Trees (2019)
Genre Drama
★★ — Dowry of Life (2013)
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