“Revolution from Afar” will be available to stream virtually on the WORLD Channel, and is scheduled to broadcast on Maine Public Television at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 7 and at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9.
In 2019, after protests across Sudan led to the fall of 30-year dictator Omar al-Bashir, the military took over and shut down the Internet, leaving those abroad to voice a plea for peaceful transition to civilian government, according to a news release from Waterville Creates.
An ocean away, Sudanese-American poets and musicians, whose families left Sudan for America in decades past, gathered in major American cities to perform in support of the revolution.
At the heart of the film is a conversation around identity, belonging, and the uncertain future of Sudan, from which they have been physically cut off. The 60-minute film is in English, and in Arabic with English subtitles.
The program partners will then host a free community conversation virtually on the theme “Sparking a Revolution from Within” at 8 p.m. Monday, April 11 with the film’s director, Bentley Brown, artist Khadega Mohammed and Portland-based poet Nyamuon “Moon” Nguany Machar. Moderator Hana Baba of NPR’s KALW will engage the panel with questions of identity, art, activism, and the work of individual and communal efficacy.
These events are produced by Black Public Media and WORLD Channel’s AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, which is distributed and co-presented by American Public Television, Indigo Arts Alliance’s Indigo Picks series, the Maine Public Film Series, and the Maine Film Center.
To join the online discussion, sign up online at miff.org/revolution.
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