The Dislocation of Amber

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The Dislocation of Amber, is a 1975 Sudanese movie, directed by Hussein Shariffe, and starring Ilham Yousif, Fayza Amaseeb, Khadiga Faysal. with a runtime of 32 minutes.

Overview

The Dislocation of Amber was filmed in the city of Suakin, a formerly flourishing port in Sudan, now in ruins. Its history is one of famine and opulence, devastation and progress, cultural damage and rich trade. Shariffe used the poetry of the great Sufi masters Ibn al-Farid, and Sheikh Abd al-Rahim al-Burai (Burai of Sudan) to accentuate a sense of desertion and alienation hinted at in the title. This surreal masterpiece of Sudanese cinema features poems sung by the late Sudanese singer Abdel-Aziz Dawoud.

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