Pan-Africanisms & Exile: Film screening & conversation on Sudanese artist Hussein Shariffe

​𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙐𝙍𝙎𝘿𝘼𝙔. We will delve into the seminal work of the Sudanese painter, experimental filmmaker, and poet Hussein Shariffe, premiering the restoration of one of the first artist films in Sudan titled "The Dislocation of Amber".

"The Dislocation of Amber" was produced in 1975, with its original production by the Sudanese Department of Culture Film unit. The restored film was completed by Cimatheque Cairo in 2025, using a 16mm positive print provided by Cimatheque Suisse.

Join us for the film screening, performance reading by Umniya Najaer, and panel conversation with project curator Mai Eltahir, translator and writer Mayada Ibrahim, and Umniya, moderated by scholar Hakimah Abdul-Fattah.

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