| | |  | SUDAN | Home » » The Art of Flight - Director's Cut | | | | | | | Description: | | The Art Of Flight is a guerrilla documentary that was shot illegally in Egypt on camcorders and a laptop. The film serves as a back story to the 2006 massacre of Sudanese refugees in Cairo. The filmmaker was nearly arrested three times during the course of shooting. This feature length film tells the story of three people, a refugee from southern Sudan, a human rights activist from northern Sudan and an American journalist in self-imposed exile, all living in Cairo. For very different reasons, the trio has found themselves struggling to survive in Egypt, a U.S. financed dictatorship which has reluctantly become their home.
The Art Of Flight features artwork of Sudanese painters living in exile. In addition to paintings from Sudanese artists and torture victims, the film also features an original soundtrack by Al-Khafiyeen, a musical ensemble of refugees who played together for a single night to score the film. The film delves deep into questions about the nature of charity, the consequences of American empire and the price of silence.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available on ITunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, Amazon.com (CD), CustomFlix.com (CD)This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply. | | | Product Details: | | | Director:
| Davin Anders Hutchins | | Format:
| NTSC | | Studio:
| CustomFlix | | Run Time:
| 69 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| July 13, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 A Glimpse at the Refugee RealityJan 07, 2009
By W. Evans
The Art of Flight is advertised as a 'guerrilla documentary shot illegally in Egypt' and initially drew me in with the prospect of a real inside look at forced migration from Sudan. However, for too much of this film the audience is distracted with the story of the filmmaker (whether this means him sitting on the airplane, making calls to editors, or reflecting sagaciously in a hammock on the nature of friendship). It is, in essence, a personal quest of Davin Hutchins that we get to witness more than that of the refugees. I would recommend this documentary to those interested in gaining a better insight into the difficulties facing migrants, especially in dealing with the UNHCR and integrating into Egyptian society. Hutchins represents one of the many people who have become emotionally attached to the plight of refugees, and for that my hat's off to him. The documentary should be taken with a grain of salt as it is the work of a one-man team, but it does enlighten viewers about an important and underreported issue.
 The art of flightFeb 01, 2008
By K. Schlachter
Breathtaking! The Art of Flight doesn't have to preach or wave a flag -- it carries in its bones the virus of what this region has become. This documentary squeezes us without mercy in a vise of tension and suspense, but only to force us to look into an abyss of this part of the world's own making.
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