NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: A film called The Good Lie was posted here at Sudan Watch last week. I found it odd that it ended so abruptly. Here below is a complete version that includes updates and credits.
The film depicts fighting in southern Sudan during Sudan's second civil war started in 1983.
The Government of Sudan (GoS) headed by President Al-Bashir was Islamic. GoS granted Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden residency in Sudan for six years after which the US keenly got involved in Sudan to acquire intel.
In 2003 two rebel groups SLA and JEM in Darfur joined in the war against the GoS. Darfur, located in western Sudan, is rich in natural resources. Foreign governments and people with deep pockets were needed to join in the expensive business of mining Sudan's oil, gold, minerals, precious stones.
I've viewed The Good Lie four times as it triggered long forgotten memories of news reports that I had read and archived starting 20 years ago. The film showed gunmen on horses raiding and torching villages in southern Sudan. The same happened in Darfur western Sudan, it was not unique to Darfur.
For example, land was being cleared of people in Darfur at the same time as the horrendous slayings in southern Sudan. Westerners narrative on Darfur was it was Arabs slaying black Africans.
The narrative expanded to genocide in Darfur perpetrated by Arabs and Janjaweed, gunmen on horses or camels or trucks, raising villages the the ground by fire.
The opening scenes in A Good Lie show they are not unique to Darfur. Black Africans and Arabs got along together for centuries until the Islamists got involved and mixed it all up. Westerners (mostly US) told the story of Arabs committing genocide against Africans in dDarfur. The Islamists in the Government of Sudan.
After the fourth viewing, I visited Amazon online and bought the film for £3.99 GBP so it is always available for me to watch at any time. My MacBookPro doesn’t have a slot to play CDs or DVDs so this is a good way to keep a virtual library of movies I can access anytime. Renting the movie means one only has access to it for 30 days.
More about the film at a later date. Meanwhile, here are some photos from Emmanuel Jal’s Facebook account. They were taken in 2009 during film promos. The blonde woman is Emmanuel’s manager Ms Tania Campbell who I think is English and lives in England.
Click here to watch the full version of The Good Lie: https://youtu.be/n73RdoCaEw4
[UPDATE on 01 Jan 2025: Incase above link to the film is broken,
The Good Lie - Full Movie can also be seen here in two parts but audio is not loud:
The Good Lie - Part 01 (sound starts a few mins in) https://dai.ly/x81x6wr
The Good Lie - Part 02 https://dai.ly/x81x6wy ]
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From Emmanual Jal's Facebook account
Posted Friday 04 August 2023
Emmanuel Jal is in Toronto Canada
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Good morning… flashback to when my friend @nellyfurtado came to support me at the premiere of The Good Lie @tiff_net film festival
Our song Scars was also picked for the soundtrack and is one of my favourites with guitar @jeffgunn1
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Click here to watch the full movie: A Good Lie: https://youtu.be/n73RdoCaEw4
Click here to rent or buy the full movie: A Good Lie.
Note that renting the video expires from 30 days of payment. Buying the video enables one to have access to it at any time, forever.
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