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Title:Closed district
Editor:Vandeweerd, Pierre-YvesISNI
Year:2004
Language:English
City of publisher:Bruxelles
Publisher:DISC/GSARA
Geographic terms:South Sudan
Sudan
Subjects:civil wars
social life
documentary films (form)
videos (form)
Abstract:For more than thirty years South Sudan has been tormented by war between Arab Muslims from the North and Black Christians from the South, claiming the lives of at least two million people. Seven years after the beginning of filming the author decided to edit his material and add his own commentary. With the passage of time and the benefit of hindsight he is able to reflect on individual images. In the remote village of Mankien, Vandeweerd has faithfully captured the daily lives of the villagers, from the traditional religious rituals to the absurdly horrific battle training of the local paramilitary units. With the use of black-and-white material, the film's powerful composition serves to underscore the ever-present dust and dryness of this extremely inhospitable countryside where villagers are forced to struggle for their survival. During this period they are oblivious to the fact that within a few years their village would be completely decimated by the government military. [Abstract reproduced from dvd]
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