‘Sudan, Remember Us’ Review: Collective Hope Can’t Be Crushed in an Exhilarating Documentary

With the documentary “Sudan, Remember Us,” filmmaker Hind Meddeb gives herself a rather difficult task. She sets out to tell the story of four significant years in the history of this African nation through the faces and words of a few young people. Within that time frame, a 30 year dictatorship was overthrown by a popular revolution, then that revolution was in turn hijacked by the military rulers of the country. Concentrating on the youth who were at the front lines, Meddeb manages something even more poignant: a thoughtful and empathetic look at how collective hope can mobilize a whole generation. 

The doc begins with voice messages exchanged between Meddeb

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