Suliman Elnour’s graduation film Wa Lakin Alardh Tadur (It Still Rotates) depicts everyday life in a school in South Yemen. A number of these schools were created by the socialist regime specifically for the children of bedouin communities where they learned a variety of skills and subjects including music and critical thinking. The film also reveals cases of resistance from the parents through interviews and scenes between fathers and daughters discussing the necessity of education.
Suliman Elnour, born in 1947, is a Sudanese filmmaker and writer. He studied Folklore, African and Asian Studies at the University of Khartoum and film at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), Moscow. He is a founding member of the Sudanese Film Group and a member of the editorial board of the magazine Cinema. Films 1978: Wa lakin Alardh Tadur / It Still Rotates. 1996: The Last Haven (21 min.). 1997: Africa, Jungle, Drums and Revolution. 2001: The Forgotten Village of Magano (14 min.).
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