Sudanese filmmaker hajooj kuka discusses his POV documentary, “Beats of the Antonov.” When the border was drawn between South and North Sudan, many people living in Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains—who had fought for their freedom from Sudan—found themselves on the wrong side of the line. The Sudanese government began waging a new war on the people in the border regions. Today, Russian-made Antonov planes indiscriminately drop bombs on the settlements. Yet, incredibly, the people of the Blue Nile respond to adversity with music, singing and dancing. The film airs August 3 on PBS.
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