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Somalia in the Picture

Somalia in the Picture

Somalia in the Picture

Dir. Mark Brecke
89 min

Director Mark Brecke Attending

Following the World Premiere of SOMALIA IN THE PICTURE on April 10, meet the filmmakers and join us for tea and treats at Pracna.

Somalia in the Picture traces a century of cinema in Mogadishu, where today gorgeous movie palaces lay in ruin. Director Mark Brecke brings this story into even clearer focus, following fellow director Said Salah Ahmed, as Ahmed tries to find a single print of his lost masterpiece, The Somalia Dervishes, a nearly 5 hour epic from 1985.

Film Details

Program: SEE ALL MSPIFF44 FILMS
Film Type: Documentary Feature
Release Year: 2025
Runtime: 89 min
Country/Region: Somalia, Kenya, Italy, India, United Kingdom, USA
Language: English, Somali, Italian, French
Print Source: Global Contact Films
Tags: Arts, Documentary, Documentary Feature, Guest Attending, History, SWANA Stories, War
Festival Programs: Documentaries, Images of Africa, The Creative Life

Cast/Crew

Director: Mark Brecke
Executive Producer: J Scott Evans, Sylvio Dorin
Producer: Mark Brecke, Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed
Editor: Jason Mitchell
Composer: Vivek Maddala