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“Negotiators, how to make peace” is a documentary that takes a penetrating look at the identity and evolution of people who seek solutions to armed conflicts in places such as Colombia, Mexico, South Sudan and the Balkans.
As war-ravaged South Sudan claims independence from North Sudan and its brutal President, Omar al-Bashir, a tiny, homemade prop plane wings in from France. It is piloted by eagle-eyed documentarian Hubert Sauper, who is mining for stories in a land trapped in the past but careening toward an apocalyptic future.
Akuol de Mabior is the daughter of a martyr of the revolution in South Sudan. As her mother is sworn in as vice president, the young woman tries to find out if this country torn by civil war can ever become her home.
Recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world, we explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen before on screen. We follow characters and events that evolve throughout the day, interspersed with expansive global montages that explore the progression of life from birth, to death, to birth again. In the end, despite unprecedented challenges and tragedies throughout the world, we are reminded that every day we are alive there is hope and a choice to see a better future together. Founded in 2008, it set out to explore our planet's identity and challenges in an attempt to answer the question: Who are we?
'‘Our Big Fear’' is a short film from South Sudan aimed at highlighting the effects of cattle rustling in the country. This film was a response to an urgent need for disarmament. Civilians across South Sudan have been illegally armed due to the long wars that culminated into the independence of South Sudan. In this 35-minute movie, we show how guns are dangerous in the hands of the community. We further show the civilians being peacefully disarmed."
Peter, his wife Nyathon, and his children endure his political imprisonment, a near assassination, asylum, and his many foiled attempts for a fair and free election in the world's youngest country. A child soldier from South Sudan turned Harvard graduate and democracy activist, Peter is forced to reconcile his commitment to his young country versus his young family, to nonviolent means versus whatever it takes, and a self-defined identity versus an inherited one as protector and leader of his people. We witness the family's personal and intergenerational costs but also their resilience as Peter makes choices which ultimately leads to his incarceration as a criminal in the US.
Dario is obsessed with a guy. Victor is obsessed with all the guys.
Gugu is being thrown out by her husband Themba, who is apparently having an affair with an ex-girlfriend. She crashes at a friend’s house, confronts the ex, and eventually calls in her uncle to mediate with Themba.
There's a sick mother, sending her son to the healer. The healer sends the son to the mountain, and there's a birthday girl with her friends going to celebrate the party to the mountain, where they meet and the Ingongoni appear.
A South Sudanese film.
A young man named Sambala trades his university schooling for a life of hustling in order to help his girlfriend, Likiso, with her own school fees. However, after the two get married, Likiso abandons Sambala for a richer man. This man turns out to be a charlatan.
Baraka is a hard-working man living in a South Sudanese village. He sells cassava and charcoal. He moves to the city and becomes a successful businessman. However, his family and other people in the village accuse him of being an abiba/ "ritualist."
A comedy short from South Sudan.
In this meditation on migration, loss of language, and the transcendence of reimagined forms of communication, filmmaker Abul Ajak explores how cultural identities are not fixed but always in transition through her relationship with her grandmothers.