Movie Details
Original Language:Arabic
Production Companies:Sudanese National Council for the Arts, Sudan Film Unit
Cast & Crew
A
Abdel Moneim Adawi
Cinematography
A
Alan Ballard
Editor
H
Hussein Shariffe
Writer
H
Hussein Shariffe
Director
The Dislocation of Amber
32 minDocumentary
Plot
The Dislocation of Amber was filmed in the city of Suakin, a formerly flourishing port in Sudan, now in ruins. Its history is one of famine and opulence, devastation and progress, cultural damage and rich trade. Shariffe used symbols to accentuate a sense of desertion and alienation hinted at in the title. This surreal masterpiece of Sudanese cinema features poems sung by the late Sudanese singer Abdel-Aziz Dawoud.