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Khartoum

Name: Khartoum
Released: 2025

2025

Forced to flee Sudan when war breaks out, five ordinary residents of Khartoum — among them a civil servant, a tea seller, and two young bottle collectors — reenact their harrowing stories of survival and escape. A bold hybrid documentary.

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Part of 7 Essential Films from Sudan

This film is stop 7 of 7 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Sudan. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Sudan in the 196 country film challenge.