Al Sadd (Le Barrage), The Dam

Ali Cherri

France, Sudan, Germany, Serbia, Qatar, Lebanon, Greece, Netherlands, 2022, Color, 81’

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Sudan, near the Merowe dam. Maher works in a traditional brickworks fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly ventures into the desert to build a mysterious structure out of mud. As the Sudanese people rise up to demand their freedom, his creation seems to come to life…

Special screening with [mac] - Musée d’art contemporain de Marseille. A projection in echo to the exhibition “Les Veilleurs”.

Technical sheet

  • Subtitles:
    French
  • Script:
    Ali Cherri, Geoffroy Grison, Bertrand Bonello (collaboration)
  • Photography:
    Bassem Fayad
  • Editing:
    Isabelle Manquillet, Nelly Quettier
  • Sound:
    Thomas Van Pottelberge, Jakov Munizaba, Simon Apostolou
  • Production:
    Janja Kralj (KinoElektron)
  • Contact:
    Emilien Astor