SUDAN REMEMBER US sells out at Marrakech

Hind Meddeb’s SUDAN REMEMBER US screens at Marrakech International Film Festival

Hind Meddeb presented her striking political documentary SUDAN REMEMBER US at the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival — running from November 29th to December 7th — where it is in the running for the festival’s coveted Golden Star.

The film’s sold-out screening was followed by a warm reception, with audiences all too eager to shower it with praise and applause. Some interested viewers even approached Meddeb after the screening to talk to her about the challenges she faced during filming and the current state of Sudan.

SUDAN REMEMBER US world premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival before holding a North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It also won an audience award at the Ajyal Film Festival in Doha and was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC.

Meddeb’s political documentary is a collective portrait of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants offering a form of resistance. It follows five young Sudanese political activists as they struggle to overthrow the country’s military regime in the tumultuous years leading up to the Sudanese Civil War and their subsequent exile.

Meddeb states, “I’ll share with a worldwide audience the Sudanese way of fighting an army with words. I’m chasing beauty in a country scarred by years of dictatorship and military oppression.”

Following the lives of activists Shajane Suliman, Ahmed Muzamil, Maha Elfaki, and Khatab Ahmed; the documentary was written, directed, and lensed by Hind Meddeb and produced by Abel Nahmias, Michel Zana, and Alice Ormières in tandem with the production companies Echo Films and Blue Train Film.

Hind Meddeb draws from her rich cultural and linguistic experiences to craft impactful documentaries. Her award-winning journalistic films have been showcased across networks such as Al Jazeera, Planète TV, RTS, RTP, and France 2. Her works include DE CASA AU PARADIS, ELECTRO CHABI, and TUNISIA CLASH; the latter two of which explored music as a form of resistance. Her documentary PARIS STALINGRAD earned her the World Cinema Award for Best International Director at New Zealand’s Documentary Edge Festival.

The 21st Marrakech International Film Festival runs from the 29th of November to the 7th of December.