And that was exactly me, I think, 20 years ago when I believed so much in how certain society behaves without really putting these values to test. And I also see myself in Akram, her husband, who is so - he believes so much in traditions and in customs, as it has been passed on from generation to generation. KORDOFANI: I see myself in Mona in so many ways, and the realization that she had that she has also been - even if unknowingly - racist towards the southerners is something that I have also realized. An accident brings them together, and Julia serves as Mona's housekeeper. These ethnic and religious divisions are at the center of the film "Goodbye Julia." It's about an unlikely friendship that develops between Julia, a Christian from the south, and Mona, an Arab Muslim from the north. It was like as if we have segregated these two communities completely.įADEL: Kordofani recognized the unknowing prejudice he carried within him. Unfortunately, I realized that I did not know any southerners. KORDOFANI: And back then, similar to most Sudanese, I was very angry at what is happening, and I was angry at the southerners. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character, non-English language spoken). And some of the scenes you will see in the film are actually from my own memory. MOHAMED KORDOFANI: I was at home with my family, and we went to the balcony. People mourned in the streets and clashed with police. He experienced the chaos that broke out in the capital back then, when Christian southerners lost an important leader in 2005 that had brought about a peace deal between the Arab government and the Christian south. It's called "Goodbye Julia," and it's by filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, a Sudanese Arab Muslim from Khartoum. And the years that led up to that secession is the time frame of a new movie that was just screened at the Cannes Film Festival. It's what led to South Sudan separating from the north in 2011. Sudan has a long history of conflict tied to religious and ethnic differences.
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