No Simple Way Home

Status: Released

WORLD PREMIERE: Berlin International Film Festival, 2022

Watch a shorter version of the film on Aljazeera: https://bit.ly/nswhonaljazeera

 SYNOPSIS

In East Africa, Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior is known as the mother of South Sudan. The country gained independence in 2011 and has been at war for most of its short history. Nyandeng's greatest fear is that her husband, John Garang de Mabior, along with millions of South Sudanese people, died in vain. After years in exile, a fragile peace agreement plants the possibility for her to do something about the precarious situation in the country. Meanwhile, Nyandeng's daughters Akuol and Nyankuir struggle to come to terms with what it means to call themselves South Sudanese because they were born and raised in exile. Akuol decides to follow her mother and sister from behind the camera and is forced to confront her own fears. At the heart of No Simple Way Home is an intergenerational conversation that charts the three women's struggle to reconcile family and country.

 AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

International Documentary Award (IDA) - Best Feature Documentary Nominee

Winner - VIKTOR DOK.horizonte at Dok.Fest Munchen

FESTIVALS

Cinema Du Reel | Cartagena| CPH Dox| San Francisco| HotDocs | Dok.Fest Munchen| Sydney| Sheffield DocFest | Encounters South Africa| Durban | Bergen | IDFA | Cinema Utopia Bordeaux

SELECT PRESS

The Film Verdict Review

The Daily Maverick

Filmmaker Magazine Review

DW Interview with Akuol deMabior

 

 

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