Lupita Nyong’o Joins Sudan’s Oscar Entry ‘Goodbye Julia’ As Exec Producer
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deadline.comLupita Nyong’o has joined Goodbye Julia, Sudan’s entry for this year’s Best International feature race at the Oscars, as an executive producer.
Directed by Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani in his feature film debut, the pic explores the events leading up the 2011 split between Sudan’s southern and northern populations.
The film made history in Cannes this year as the first Sudanese film to play in the festival after it was selected for Un Certain Regard.
The film’s Cannes premiere took place just weeks after fighting broke out in Khartoum due to a clash between rival generals, which has led to the deaths of 5,000 people and uprooted seven million people.
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