THE ART OF SIN

Credits

Name: THE ART OF SIN

Country: Norwegen/Sudan

Year of publication: 2021

Format: DCP

Language : OF m. engl. UT

Duration: 60 Minuten

Series: 19. Afrikafilmfestival

Direction: Mursal, Ebrahim

Abstract

Ahmed Umar is a successful young artist from Sudan who has been living and working in Norway as a political refugee for the last 10 years. Because of his homosexuality, Ahmed was forced to flee his homeland, a country which, though it abolished the death penalty for homosexual activity in 2020, still punishes it with up to seven years in prison. In 2015, Ahmed was targeted by members of the Sudanese community after coming out publicly on Facebook, and soon discovered that Norway isn’t completely safe for queer immigrants either. Despite his success, Ahmed longs to go home to Sudan.