Join the Georgetown African Studies Program, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the Georgetown Conflict Resolution Program, the Gender+ Justice Initiative, and Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security for the second event in a series of programming on Sudan.

This event features a screening of the film Goodbye Julia, Sudan’s official submission for the 2024 Oscars. The screening will be followed by a discussion. See a synopsis of the film below.

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.