''Nuba Conversations'' is a 2000

documentary A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

and

ethnographic film An ethnographic film is a non-fiction film, often similar to a documentary film, historically shot by Western filmmakers and dealing with non-Western people, and sometimes associated with anthropology. Definitions of the term are not definitive. ...

directed by

Arthur Howes Arthur Howes (15 July 1950 – 29 November 2004) was a British documentary film maker and teacher. Life Howes was born in Gibraltar on 15 July 1950, and moved to London as a teenager. He was married to Amy Hardie and had one son. He died from ...

Synopsis

Ten years after shooting

Kafi's Story ''Kafi's Story'' is an ethnographic film about life of Nuba ethnic people in Sudan, directed by Amy Hardie and Arthur Howes. Synopsis Shot between 1986 and 1988, ''Kafi's Story'' captures scenes from the life of Nuba peoples just before they we ...

, British filmmaker Arthur Howes clandestinely reentered Sudan to find out what had happened to the

Nuba people The Nuba people are indigenous inhabitants of southern Sudan. The Nuba are made up of 50 various indigenous ethnic groups who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan state in Sudan, encompassing multiple distinct people that speak differ ...

of Torogi. He found signs of

jihad ''Jihad'' (; ) is an Arabic word that means "exerting", "striving", or "struggling", particularly with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it encompasses almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with God in Islam, God ...

everywhere. For example, a notable television program, ''Fields of Sacrifice'', celebrated that week's casualties in the war against the

Nuba The Nuba people are indigenous inhabitants of southern Sudan. The Nuba are made up of 50 various indigenous ethnic groups who inhabit the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan, South Kordofan state in Sudan, encompassing multiple distinct people that ...

and featured family members thanking Allah for taking their sons and brothers as martyrs. Much of the Nuba population was recruited by the rebel movement

Sudan People's Liberation Army The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key parti ...

during the

Second Sudanese Civil War The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil Wa ...

. Others left their homes and now live in

refugee camp A refugee camp is a temporary Human settlement, settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for in ...

s. Arthur Howes brought his earlier documentary,

, and showed it to Nuba people living in a refugee camp in Kenya. Later on, in 2002, ''Nuba Conversations'' was presented at the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

headquarters in Nairobi to the parties involved in the conflict. It is believed to have significantly contributed to accelerating the peace process.

Festivals

* Document 2 – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, U.K. (2004) * Venice Film Festival, Italy (2000) * Pan-African Film Festival, U.S.A.(2000) * Paris Documentary Film Festival, France (2000) * Festival Internacional de Documentários, Brazil

References

Sources

* Loizos, Peter, ''Sudanese Engagements: Three Films by Arthur Howes (1950–2004)'', Routledge, 2006

External links

* *{{IMDb name, 4052846, Arthur Howes
''Nuba Conversations''
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''Nuba Conversations''
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"Nuba Conversations"
in the ''New Internationalist''
Article about Arthur Howes
in

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''Good news for the Nuba?''
in

Survival International Survival International is a human rights organisation formed in 1969, a London based charity that campaigns for the collective rights of Indigenous, tribal and uncontacted peoples. The organisation's campaigns generally focus on tribal people ...

article of 28 February 2002
Nuba Survival Foundation
* ''Landmine Monitor Report 2001'' about Landmines in Sudan (p. 225) available i
The Monitor
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