No Simple Way Home (2022)
- Directed by
- Akuol de Mabior
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- South Africa, France, Kenya
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The filmmaker returns to South Sudan and documents the daily lives of her family members as they navigate the country's political turmoil. She also reflects on her mother's legacy as a prominent political figure in the nation's history.
intimatereflectiveearnestpersonalobservationalgroundedthoughtfulslow-paced
What happens
No Simple Way Home also known as Nie ma prostej drogi do domu is a 2022 South Sudanese-South African documentary film written and directed by South Sudanese filmmaker Akuol de Mabior on her documentary directorial debut. The film was premiered at the 2022 International Filmfestival Amsterdam. The film encounters the daily struggles of people in South Sudan and recounts the story of the most prominent political family in South Sudan's history. It became the first ever South Sudanese film to be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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