Sudán Recuérdanos (Sudan, Remember Us)
Sinopsis
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 are on the front lines of a revolution, facing a corrupt army and paramilitary militias responsible for brutal war crimes in Darfur, Kordofan and Blue Nile. They might have lost hope before they even started. Instead, through chants, poems, and dreams, they built a movement that helped overthrow a regime. Combining an intimate narrative with deep political urgency, Sudan, Remember Us captures the unequal struggle between militia fire and the unwavering people’s voices. It is a tribute to the power of words and a reminder that freedom is a struggle that is born first in the imagination.
Hind Meddeb is a French-Tunisian-Moroccan journalist and documentary filmmaker, born in 1978 in France, who has dedicated her work to documenting youth, culture and social protests in North Africa and the Middle East, especially in the context of the Arab Spring. She has directed and co-directed films such as De Casa au Paradis (2008), Electro Chaabi (2013), Tunisia Clash (2016), Paris Stalingrad (2019) and Sudan, Remember Us (2024). Her films, which she often shoots alone to create an intimate connection with her subjects, explore themes such as the power of music as a revolutionary act and the complexity of young people's lives in the region.
Year of Production: 2024
Time: 76’
Country: France, Tunisia, Morocco
Language: Arabic and English. Original version with Spanish subtitles
Director: Hind Meddeb
Cast: Documentary
Production: Abel Nahias
Script: Hind Meddeb
Director of Photography: Hind Meddeb
Production Companies: Michel Zana
International Sales: Totem Films
Distribution: Totem Films
Selected at Cleveland International Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Marrakech, The Hague Movies That Matter Festival, DOCS NYC, DOXA International Film Festival
Best Documentary Award at Doxa (Canada), awarded at ZagrebDox
Premiere in Madrid






























































