LUPITA NYONG’O TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE SUDAN DRAMA GOODBYE JULIA

Academy Award-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o is stepping into an executive producer role for the Sudanese film Goodbye Julia.

Directed by Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani as his debut feature, the film follows two women whose friendship symbolises the intricate dynamics and disparities between Northern and Southern Sudanese communities.

The film stars Eiman Yousif and Sudanese model Siran Riak in her big-screen acting debut, and also features south Sudanese actor and activist Ger Duany. Goodbye Juliatakes place in Khartoum during the last years of Sudan as a united country. The region returned to a wider conflict in 2023.

The film made history earlier this year as the first Sudanese film to be presented in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. “Goodbye Julia is a powerful representation of the conflict happening in Sudan right now, which affects millions of lives across Eastern Africa,” said Nyong’o “Mohamed Kordofani and the filmmakers present the issues in a beautiful, deeply personal way. I’m honoured to lend my voice to help bring this film’s message to the world.”