Viva Sara

In this documentary we accompany Sara Gubara on a race between Capri to Naples as Sudans first international swimmer At three years old young Sara was stricken with polio the family facing the bleak diagnosis that nothing could be done Gadalla does not accept this fate devoting himself to his daughters recovery She was encouraged to swim and at twelve years old competes internationally Moved by Saras incredible accomplishment Gadalla made the documentary Viva Sara which would later inspire the fiction film Sarahsarà 1994 by Renzo Martinelli Source africanwomenincinemablogspot