Twin Cities Arab Film Festival: Sudan, Remember Us + Discussion

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19th Arab Film Festival

Saturday, September 27 at 12:30 PM

Post-screening Discussion with members from community and Decolonize Sudan.

ABOUT THE FILM

Sudan, Remember Us is a powerful portrait of a generation that chose poetry over silence and imagination over fear. Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, Khatab, and the voice of poet Chaikhoon form a cinematic chorus—young, politically defiant, and artistically fearless. In their twenties, they stand at the front lines of a revolution, confronting a corrupted army and paramilitary militias responsible for brutal war crimes in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile. They could have lost hope before they even began. Instead, through chants, poems, and dreams, they built a movement that helped topple a regime. Blending intimate storytelling with sweeping political urgency, Sudan, Remember Us captures the uneven struggle between the fire of militias and the unbreakable voices of the people. It is a tribute to the power of words and a reminder that freedom is a fight born first in the imagination.

Content warning: This film includes disturbing images.

FILMMAKER BIO

Hind Meddeb is a Paris-based filmmaker who grew up between France, Morocco, and Tunisia. She directed the documentaries De Casa au paradis (2008), Electro Chaabi (2013), Tunisia Clash (2016), and Paris Stalingrad, which screened at TIFF in 2019. Sudan, Remember Us (2024) is her latest film.

PRESENTED BY MIZNA

Mizna is a critical platform for contemporary literature, film, art, and cultural production centering the work of Arab and Southwest Asian and North African artists. For more than 25 years, Mizna has been creating a decolonized cultural space to reflect the expansiveness of our community and to foster exchange, examine ideas, and engage audiences in meaningful art.