| Talking About Trees | |
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| Arabic | الحديث عن الأشجار |
| Directed by | Suhaib Gasmelbari |
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Running time | 90 |
| Country | Sudan |
| Languages | Sudanese Arabic English |
Talking About Trees (Arabic: الحديث عن الأشجار) is a 2019 documentary film directed by Sudanese film director Suhaib Gasmelbari. It follows the efforts of the Sudanese Film Group, represented by retired filmmakers Ibrahim Shadad, Manar Al Hilo, Suleiman Mohamed Ibrahim and Altayeb Mahdi, to reopen an outdoor movie theater in the city of Omdurman in the face of decades of Islamist censorship and inefficient bureaucracy.[1][2] According to film critic Jay Weissberg, the title of the film "comes from Bertolt Brecht’s 1940 poem To Those Born Later, in which he laments the suppression of discussion under dictatorship, and how shifting the discourse to mundane topics painfully draws attention to what can’t be spoken aloud."[3]
- ^ Jordan Mintzer, 'Talking About Trees': Film Review | Berlin 2019, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 February 2019.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (2019-09-22). "'Talking About Trees' Director Suhaib Gasmelbari Receives Variety MENA Award". Variety. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Weissberg, Jay (2019-02-17). "Berlin Film Review: 'Talking About Trees'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-28.