'Beats of the Antonov' Tells Story of Blue Nile & Nuba Mountains People in Sudan - Watch 1st Trailer

From Shadow and Act Tue Sep 2 2014, 16:17:22

Screening at the upcoming 39th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in its Docs lineup, among the always impressive slate of high-profile films making their world premieres at the festival, is "Beats of the Antonov," a feature documentary that tells the story of the people of the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains in Sudan, showing how they deal with civil war, and, more specifically, how the fear of the Russian-made Antonov planes that bomb these areas has had an unexpected result. Thanks to remarkable access, the film - directed by Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka, and produced by Sarah Abunama-Elgadi and Steven Markovitz for Big World Cinema -...

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