``Sudan, Remember Us`` to be screened across the UK on Friday
Moatinoon
The Middle East and North Africa Solidarity Network (MENA Solidarity) has partnered with the TAP E group to promote the new film "Sudan, Remember Us."
Directed by Hind Meddeb, this documentary follows the Sudanese revolution over four years, from the fall of Bashir to the brutal military crackdown. It captures the spirit of youth through poetry, song, and protest.
The film will be screened across the UK on June 27, with a special Q&A session with the director.
French-Tunisian-Moroccan filmmaker Hind Meddeb is based in Paris, but her field experience in Khartoum in 2019, during the Sudanese revolution against President Omar al-Bashirs 30-year rule, led to this focused documentary.
The film delves into the world of the protesters—particularly young men and women—an entire generation energized and united by the revolutionary movement. Their passion was further complicated and intensified by the fact that the revolution, at least initially, produced little more than a "transitional military council," which seemed in no hurry to transition to democratic civilian rule. Indeed, the council committed a brutal massacre of protesters in June 2019, resulting in 127 deaths and 70 cases of rape.
Among the protesters, Meddeb finds a vibrant artistic movement: an oral culture of music, poetry, and rap flourishing in the streets. There is also a surreal energy: the camera captures a satirical sign for road works reading, "Sorry for the delay - Uproot the regime." There are spectacular performances by both women and men, as well as a kind of "suixante huitar" culture of slogans and aphorisms; young women hold up signs and prose poems.
Above all, the protesters question religious rule and the supremacy of the clerical class, which loves to bully the public; One woman recalls a preacher who insisted on the virtues of poverty for all while owning a sleek SUV. “The people demand justice for the martyrs!” one banner demands; it is a movement passionately aware of its fallen comrades, betrayed by those who rose to power through their sacrifice and courage.
