The civil war in South Sudan has made life hard for almost everyone – but it hasn’t stopped the country’s cinephiles from working on their passion.
The second edition of the Juba film festival is coming up in a few months, and this week residents of the capital were able to attend a screening of a new movie, Zawaja Gali – which means ‘Marriage is Expensive’.
It’s the story of a young South Sudanese man who wants to marry his girlfriend. In the best traditions of cinema, it won’t be easy – as one character puts it, “love alone will not do it any more.”
The short film is is directed by Cont de Monk, and is written by and stars Sam Lukudu.
Lukudu told the BBC that Zawaja Gali “touches on two sensitive issues in our society. Namely, tribalism, and the commercialisation of marriages.”
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