‘The Dam - Ali Cherri’

This film will be screened extra muros at Cinema RITCS.

Sudan, near the Merowe Dam. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to build a mysterious construction made of mud. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his creation slowly starts to take a life of its own…

Ali Cherri is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Paris. His work has been exhibited and screened at the following international festivals: New Directors/New Films, MoMA New York, Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidou, CPH:DOX (New Vision Award), Dubai International Film Festival (Best Director Award), Video Brasil (Southern Panorama Award), Berlinale, Toronto and San Francisco.

In the presence of the director.