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The short film AL HABIL (1985) documents two blind men making their way through the desert accompanied by a donkey. Connected by a rope, sometimes the two men decide the way, and sometimes the donkey leads them through the desert.

Production company Department of Culture, Cinema Section (Khartoum, Sudan). Written and directed by Ibrahim Shaddad. Cinematography Tawfig O. Fagir. Editing Abdel Gadir Daoud. Music Abdalla M. Abdalla. Sound Awad Eldaw, Salah Saeed. Assistant director Eltayeb Mahdi. Production managers Manar Elhilo, A. Rahman Nagdi. Digital restoration Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst. With Khatab H. Ahmed, Mohd. A. Gorani, Mariam M. Eltayeb, A. Gadir Daoud.

Jagdpartie / Hunting Party

Ibrahim Shaddad’s graduation film JAGDPARTIE (1964), which he shot at the Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst Potsdam-Babelsberg (now: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), is a treatise on racism. Shot in a forest in Brandenburg, it uses a Western look to portray the hunt for a Black man.

Production company Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst Potsdam-Babelsberg (Potsdam, German Democratic Republic). Director Ibrahim Shaddad. Screenplay Ibrahim Shaddad, Claus Neumann. Cinematography Claus Neumann. Editing Ruth Ebel. Sound design Gerhard Rodenfeld. Production design E.R. Pech. Production manager V. Pech. Digital restoration Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst. With Ambroise Ruzidana, Petra Hinze, Heinz Schröder, Günter Meier.

Jamal / A Camel

The short film JAMAL (1981) is a report from the life of a camel, most of which plays out in a dreary, small room – a sesame mill.

Production company Department of Culture, Cinema Section (Khartoum, Sudan). Written and directed by Ibrahim Shaddad. Cinematography Elhadi Ahmed Ibrahim, Salah Eddeen Awad. Editing Abdel Gadir Daoud. Sound Awad Eldaw, Salah Saeed. Production manager Manar Elhilo. Digital restoration Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst.

Ibrahim Shaddad, born in Halfa, Sudan in 1945, studied at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF. He has written and directed many films and some plays. Practically all films and plays in Sudan were discontinued by producers or banned by governments. He is a founding member of the Sudanese Film Group and a member of the editorial board of the magazine Cinema.

Films

1964: Jagdpartie / Hunting Party. 1981: Jamal / A Camel. 1984: Al Habil / The Rope (32 min.). 1994: Insan (25 min.).

Photo: © Ibrahim Shaddad

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