Nuba Conversations

Nuba Conversations is a 2000 documentary and ethnographic film directed by Arthur Howes.

Nuba Conversations
Directed by	Arthur Howes
Written by	Arthur Howes
Produced by	Arthur Howes
Edited by	Arthur Howes
Distributed by	Marfilmes
Release date	2000 (2000)
Running time	56 minutes
Countries	Sudan United Kingdom
Language	Nuba
Budget	£25,000

Synopsis

Ten years after shooting Kafi's Story, British filmmaker Arthur Howes clandestinely reentered Sudan to find out what had happened to the Nuba people of Torogi.

He found signs of jihad everywhere. For example, a notable television program, Fields of Sacrifice, celebrated that week's casualties in the war against the Nuba and featured family members thanking Allah for taking their sons and brothers as martyrs.

Much of the Nuba population was recruited by the rebel movement Sudan People's Liberation Army during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Others left their homes and now live in refugee camps.

Arthur Howes brought his earlier documentary, Kafi's Story, and showed it to Nuba people living in a refugee camp in Kenya.

Later on, in 2002, Nuba Conversations was presented at the United Nations headquarters in Nairobi to the parties involved in the conflict. It is believed to have significantly contributed to accelerating the peace process.^[1]

Festivals

• Document 2 – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, U.K. (2004)
• Venice Film Festival, Italy (2000)
• Pan-African Film Festival, U.S.A.(2000)
• Paris Documentary Film Festival, France (2000)
• Festival Internacional de Documentários, Brazil

See also

• Sri Lanka's Killing Fields, a 2011 documentary film.
• Eyes and Ears of God: Video Surveillance of Sudan, a 2012 documentary
• Darfur Now, a 2007 documentary