African cinema has established a strong presence on the global cinematic stage yet Sudan's film industry, with its history going as far back as 1898, has been overlooked. Over the past seven decades, Sudanese Cinema has shifted under the weight of its dynamic socio-political history - from a region that boomed with artistic and creative storytelling to a disrupted film industry with no operating cinemas. Umloda Ibrahim, a James McCune Smith scholar, shares her ongoing research and will explore the history of Sudan’s film industry from its colonial and post-independence eras, to the contemporary industry that is being rebuilt today.
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Image: Still from Talking About Trees (2019, dir. Suhaib Gasmelbari)
