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The meeting of the Blue and White Nile Rivers
in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, is referred
to as ‘the longest kiss in history.' As the Arab
Spring was in full bloom, Sudan, straddling
between the Middle East and Africa, was
about to split in two. The film follows six
young Sudanese searching for a place to call
home as they journey up and down the Nile,
between North and South Sudan, ahead of
South Sudan’s secession. Facing conflicting
identities, youth in North Sudan grapple with
a stale dictatorship while others in South
Sudan hope to start over—but at what costs?
The Longest Kiss is an intimate portrait of
a complex society that bears witness to its
inevitable fragmentation.
In English and Arabic, with English subtitles.
Director Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque will
participate in a Q&A.