Coming up next week at Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme: Cinema of Sudan: Challenges and Resilience. We’re presenting on Hussein Shariffe - hope to see some friends there.

The Guardian view of Labour’s cruellest trick: selling welfare cuts as compassion | Editorial Editorial: By defining itself as the party of work, Labour casts those unable to be economically productive – through disability or ill health – as burdens, not individuals with rights

‘Rebadging itself as for “working people” allows Labour to prioritise a managerial elite while purporting to maintain class solidarity.This shift echoes Thomas Piketty’s analysis of western democracy coalescing around a “brahmin left” and a “merchant right”,

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Khartoum Review: Hybrid Film Captures the Drama of Survival - POV Magazine Khartoum review: This unique hybrid film lets five Sudanese refugees re-enact their stories after they're forced to flee their homes.

KHARTOUM@Sundance: ‘Revelling in its originality, Khartoum becomes a uniquely poignant hybrid documentary about a war-torn nation and its people.’

The Sudanese filmmakers documenting Khartoum’s lost past amid war Exclusive: Through displacement, war, and the destruction of cultural heritage, a groundbreaking Sudanese documentary, aided by King’s College London researchers, sheds light on the untold stories of ...

“We have knowledge and capacity that we can put at the service of other people.” – Prof Erica Carter

Read in @the-independent.com about a Sudan archive in @kingsartshums.bsky.social that was vital for ‘Khartoum’, a new documentary film premiered at Sundance. 🔽
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The Sudanese filmmakers documenting Khartoum’s lost past amid war Exclusive: Through displacement, war, and the destruction of cultural heritage, a groundbreaking Sudanese documentary, aided by King’s College London researchers, sheds light on the untold stories of ...

Massive congratulations to Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea M Ahmed and all at Native Voice and the Sudan Film Factory for today’s premiere of KHARTOUM at Sundance. And thanks to Maira Dutt at the Independent for covering the film and giving a shout out to our work on it at King’s.

The Sudanese filmmakers documenting Khartoum’s lost past amid war Exclusive: Through displacement, war, and the destruction of cultural heritage, a groundbreaking Sudanese documentary, aided by King’s College London researchers, sheds light on the untold stories of ...

Hot off the press from The Independent: KHARTOUM, premiering today at Sundance, with archive research from King’s College London, and a GoFundMe link for your support. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Ibrahim ‘Snoopy’ arrives in Salt Lake City ahead of the Sundance premiere of KHARTOUM to speak about Sudan now, civil rights then, Martin Luther King and more.

Image depicts a items illustrating the range of holdings at the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. These include: a film programme, a sterescope view, a fan magazine, a magic lantern slide and a postcard.

#Filmhistory researchers!

Do apply for a stipend to visit and research in the amazing collections of The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum at the Uni of Exeter, UK. Deadline 31/01/25

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@arcinstitute.org can you post a science starter pack, please?

Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990) ⭐ 7.2 | Documentary 1h 31m

Of course!!! Totally right. ECHOES FROM A SOMBRE EMPIRE - Herzog’s film for this moment: m.imdb.com/title/tt0162...

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Film Studies

Film Studies at King's College London is hiring - TWO POSTS: Areas: cinemas of S Asia;cinemas of Global South (Latin America, Middle East, + Africa), New Media theory, Television (media) history, Documentary, Artists’ moving image, & Film/Media Practice as Research.
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Sundance 2025: Poster and First Clips for World Cinema Documentary Contender “Khartoum” The documentary, created by a collective of filmmakers, centers on five people who reenact their stories of survival after fleeing Sudan’s capital following the outbreak of war.

Coming up at the Sundance Festival: the world premiere of KHARTOUM, produced by the Sudan Film Factory with archive research contributed by our King’s College London project SUDAN MEMORY. Watch this space for the European premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February.