Song of Khartoum
Song of Khartoum

Song of Khartoum

May 28, 1955 | 18 min

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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