Beats of the Antonov

Beats of the Antonov is a documentary film released in 2014. It is a Sudanese-South African coproduction, directed by Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka and produced by Hajooj Kuka and Steven Markovitz. The film documents the Sudan–SRF conflict in the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains regions, focusing in particular on the role of music in helping the affected communities to sustain themselves culturally and spiritually in the face of the ongoing conflict.

Beats of the Antonov
Film poster
Directed byHajooj Kuka
Produced byHajooj Kuka, Steven Markovitz
StarringSudanese refugees
CinematographyHajooj Kuka
Edited byHajooj Kuka, Khalid Shamis
Release date
  • 5 September 2014 (2014-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
68 minutes
CountriesSudan
South Africa
LanguageArabic

This documentary, that "put Sudan's name on the screen of world cinema", was made over a period of two years, with film director Hajooj Kuka residing among the people of the Nuba Mountains in Southern Sudan.

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