Roopa Gogineni
Born in 1988, Roopa Gogineni is a filmmaker and photographer based in Paris. She spent a decade living in Nairobi, Kenya, where she developed a collaborative practice, working alongside resistance communities across the region. Her films, described as intimate and urgent, have premiered at major international festivals. I Am Bisha, her documentary tracing a satirical puppet show held by rebels in Sudan, received worldwide acclaim. Suddenly TV, her latest short film on magical thinking and revolution, won the SXSW Special Jury Award and the Grand Prize for Short Film at IndieLisboa. She has directed documentaries for The New York Times, BBC, and Al Jazeera. She is also the co-founder of Sunduq Al Sudan, a collective of filmmakers and artists supporting grassroots mutual aid groups on the front lines of Sudan’s counter-revolutionary war.
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Suddenly TV
Duration: 38 minutes
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In April 2019, a nonviolent youth-led movement in Sudan toppled the genocidal military regime that had been in power for three decades. After the fall, Sudanese from across the country made their way to Khartoum to demand a peaceful transition to civilian rule. There they formed a sit-in protest, where art became the means to conjure a new Sudan. Having known nothing other than state-sponsored ...
Suddenly TV
Duration: 38 minutes
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In April 2019, a nonviolent youth-led movement in Sudan toppled the genocidal military regime that had been in power for three decades. After the fall, Sudanese from across the country made their way to Khartoum to demand a peaceful transition to civilian rule. There they formed a sit-in protest, where art became the means to conjure a new Sudan. Having known nothing other than state-sponsored ...
