Films About Sudan to Watch on Netflix
On Netflix and looking for something new or different to watch that’s closer to home?
Here are three films on Sudan, streaming on Netflix (MENA), you should add to your watch list:
Al-Sit
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can the young girl choose for herself?
The independent, short Sudanese film was released in 2020. It began streaming on Netflix in 7 July 2022.
Director: Suzannah Mirghani
Cast: Mihad Murtada, Rabeha Mohammed Mahmoud, Mohammed Magdi Hassan, Haram Basher
Genre: Drama
Language: Arabic
Duration: 20m
Rating: IMDb 6.6/10
You Will at Twenty
In a remote Sudanese village, a young Muzamil grapples with the fear of dying at the age of 20 after a mystic prophecy deems him cursed.
The Sudanese film was originally released on 2019. It began streaming on Netflix in December 2020. The film enjoys many firsts, including the first Sudanese film to stream on Netflix as well as the first Sudanese film to be submitted for an Oscar for Best International Feature Film.
Director: Amjad Abu Alala
Cast: Mustafa Shehata, Boona Khalid, Islam Mubarak, Mahmoud Maysara Elsara
Genre: Drama
Language: Arabic
Duration: 1h 38m
Rating: 7.1/10 IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes 89%
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Inspired by true life rescue missions, The Red Sea Driving Resort is the incredible story of a group of international agents and Ethiopians who in the early 1980s used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel.
Distributed by Netflix, the film was released on Netflix on 31 July 2019.
Director: Gideon Raff
Cast: Chris Evans, Michael Kenneth, Williams Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Michiel Huisman, Chris Chalk, Greg Kinnear, Ben Kingsley
Genre: Spy thriller
Language: English
Duration: 2h 10m
Rating: IMDb 6.6/10; Rotten Tomatoes 29%
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