Song of Khartoum (1955)
• May 28th, 1955 • 0h 18min
Documentary
Overview
Gubara was proud of the first color film in African cinema, which attempts to give an African response to the city symphony genre by capturing disparate images of daily life in Khartoum and setting it to music, particularly romantic Arabic songs.
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