Film & Stage
Landmark
Akuol de Mabior
Made the first South Sudanese film to premiere at the Berlinale
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Why they are here
Her first feature turned the camera on her own family — her father was John Garang — and became the first South Sudanese film to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.
Akuol Garang de Mabior is a South Sudanese filmmaker, model, businesswoman and women's rights campaigner, daughter of John Garang, commander-in-chief of the SPLA, and of Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior.
Her directorial debut, the 2022 documentary No Simple Way Home, was the first South Sudanese film to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Her directorial debut, the 2022 documentary No Simple Way Home, was the first South Sudanese film to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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