Khartoum review: Hybrid, self-reflexive doc captures the power of alliance
Hindustan TimesHow does one define the horrors of witnessing war? There's no one definitive way one can personally respond to a catastrophe that could alter lives forever, force many to flee their homes, with no clear sight of the future. In Khartoum, the fascinating new documentary created by Sudanese filmmaker Anas Saeed which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this year, five residents of Khartoum try to process what they witnessed, and find imaginative ways to respond to their realities. Now, with a completely different set of circumstances, Khartoum emerges as a hybrid, self-reflexive documentary of these voices reenacting their stories of survival and connecting with each other to form an alliance. What works Khartoum proceeds along with its use of green screen technology, where each of them tell their stories of perceiving what happened, and sometimes the director also interjects in between the frame, to comfort them at times.
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