Twin Cities Arab Film Festival 2024

Revolutionary Tales - shorts segment

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Revolutionary Tales is a short film segment guest-curated by Sudanese filmmaker Rafa Renas. This series of films depicts various perspectives and revolutionary currents in Sudan’s recent history.


Rafa Renas is a Sudanese producer and filmmaker. Based in Khartoum, she produces cross-media campaigns, promoting a civil society, integration, and gender issues. She also produces for international media outlets. She was a co-curator of Aflam Sudan in Kenya, and she is a guest curator for the segment Revolutionary Tales at this year’s Twin Cities Arab Film Festival.

In Sudan's capital, Khartoum, an anonymous protester dressed as Spider-Man joins hundreds of thousands of protesters desperate to protect their fragile civilian government after the military coup in October 2021. This film is directed and curated by Rafa Renas.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    19 minutes
  • Language
    Arabic
  • Country
    Sudan
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Rafa Renas, Phil Cox