Abu Haraz

Running time: 73'
Abu Haraz
Production: Poland 2013

Simple, contemplative shots show the life of the inhabitants of Abu Haraz – a desert village in North Sudan. For ages people have lived here to the rhythm of the flooding Nile, which irrigate the farmland. Everything will change with the construction of the great dam. The houses of the livin and the cherished ancestral graves, all is to be wiped off the face of the Earth. People from Abu Haraz will inhabit a new place. The TV will play an important role here. One of the inhabitants goes back to the village to once again see the paradise, soon to be lost. The director had been visiting Abu Haraz for seven years, documenting the last moments of the village's existence on film. 

Authors:

  • Maciej Drygas
    Born on April 3rd 1956 in Łódź. Film and radio director, screenwriter, producer. Graduated from directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. Was assistant to Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieślowski. Had his documentary debut in 1991 with the famed “Hear my cry,” which has been awarded many prizes worldwide. Author of documentary films broadcast by television stations in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Creator of radio documentaries broadcast by the BBC and radio stations in Germany, Scandinavia, and Benelux. Lecturer at the National Film School PWSFTViT in Łódź, member of the Polish Film Academy. Winner of many prestigious awards. Known for long and meticulous preparations before making his films.
     
    Abu Haraz (2012)
    Violated letters (2010)
    Hear us all (2008)
    One day in People's Poland (2005)
    Voice of hope (2002)
    Weightless (1994)
    Hear my cry (1991)
    Psychotherapy (1983)
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