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Writer:
Davin Anders Hutchins (written by)
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Release Date:
2006 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Documentary
Plot:
The Art Of Flight is a guerrilla documentary that was shot illegally in Egypt on camcorders and a laptop... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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Mr. Cool ... Himself
The Cowboy ... Himself
Davin Anders Hutchins ... Himself - Narrator (as Davin)
Jere Maluk ... Himself
Magda ... Herself
Behaira Mohamed ... Refugee and Ma'an Center Deputy
Elizabeth Drachman ... Herself (as Elizabeth)
Munumana ... Himself
Evelina ... Herself
Kiko Bayin ... Herself
Lokole Lio ... Himself
Karaboo ... Himself
Gabriel ... Himself
Ibrahim ... Himself
Jan Erik Wilhelmsen ... JMC Head of Mission (as Brig. Gen. Jan Erik Wilhelmsen)
Dave Asher ... Himself (as Com. Dave Asher)
Mike Ghent ... Himself (as Com. Mike Ghent)
Hani Rifaat ... Himself
Barbara Harrell-Bond ... Herself - Co-Founder, Refugee Legal Aid
Alistair Boulton ... UNHCR Resettlement Officer
Teresa Everline ... Herself
Ana Liria-Franch ... Herself - Director, UNHCR Cairo Office
Abdullah Mansour ... Psychiatrist - Nadeem Center for Torture
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ismail Khamis Jalab ... SPLA South Kordofan (as Cmdr. Ismail Khamis Jalab)
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Directed by
Davin Anders Hutchins 
 
Writing credits
Davin Anders Hutchins (written by)

Produced by
Elizabeth Drachman .... associate producer
Udy Epstein .... executive producer
Katarzyna Grabska .... associate producer
Davin Anders Hutchins .... executive producer
James Wani Lejukole .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Al-Khafiyeen (music)
 
Cinematography by
Davin Anders Hutchins 
 
Film Editing by
Davin Anders Hutchins 
 
Production Management
James Eowan .... executive in charge of production
Matt Henderson .... executive in charge of production
Liz Poindexter .... executive in charge of production
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Elizabeth Drachman .... additional cinematographer
Katarzyna Grabska .... additional cinematographer
Gasser Abdel Razek .... additional photography
 
Editorial Department
Chris Hill .... consulting editor
Arwa Merchant .... consulting editor
 
Music Department
Assam Hassan Ahmed .... musician: nuban oud, vocals
Cengiz Atlan .... musician: turkish ney
Aladdin Abdul Aziz .... musician: bass guitar
Khaled Dendick .... musician: tablas, congas
Badr El Din .... musician: saxophone, vox
Afaf El Hajj .... musician: background vocals
Abbas Abu El Khalik .... musician: acoustic guitar, lead vox
Hafez El Kher .... musician: lead vox
Eyup Hamis .... musician: turkish ney
Hussein .... musician: saxophone
Davin Anders Hutchins .... musician: synthesizer, digital bass, percussion
Davin Anders Hutchins .... soundtrack mixer
Davin Anders Hutchins .... soundtrack producer
Mohamed Khalifa .... musician: flute
Christina Risco-Turner .... soundtrack consultant
Pato Risco-Turner .... soundtrack consultant
Alideen Sanhouri .... musician: nubian oud, lead vox
James Temple .... musician: rhythm loops
 
Other crew
Julius Batista .... translator: Arabic/Bari
Gina Bekker .... researcher
Eva Dadrian .... researcher
Katarzyna Grabska .... researcher
Amir Osman .... translator: Arabic/Bari
Mohamed Osman .... translator: Arabic/Bari
James Wani Lejukole .... translator: Arabic/Bari
 
Thanks
Al-Khafiyeen .... special thanks
Sara Almer .... special thanks
Karim Attasi .... thanks
Emmanuel Bara .... special thanks
Eva Dadrian .... special thanks
Elizabeth Drachman .... infinite thanks and love
Udy Epstein .... special thanks
Patrick Fitzpatrick .... thanks
Katarzyna Grabska .... special thanks
Richard Grindell .... thanks
Barbara Harrell-Bond .... special thanks
Matt Henderson .... special thanks
Karin Hutchins-Jones .... special thanks
Buck Jones .... special thanks
Michael Kagan .... thanks
Anton Kohler .... special thanks
Joy Kwaje .... thanks
Paul Merrington .... thanks
Gasser Abdel Razek .... thanks
Alideen Sanhouri .... special thanks
Tim Smythe .... special thanks
Jessica Tagami .... thanks
Philip Tagami .... thanks
James Temple .... special thanks
Samira Trad .... thanks
Gretchen Turner .... thanks
Raliegh Turner .... thanks
James Wani Lejukole .... special thanks (as James Wani-Lejukole)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:68 min
Country:
Sudan | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Egypt
Company:
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A revealing guerrilla documentary, 20 February 2006
Author: Rakesh Kamath from Thailand

The Art of Flight was the first movie I caught at the Bangkok Film Festival 2006.

The director Davin Anders Hutchins travels guerrilla style through Sudan for the first 15 minutes of the movie to show the absolute hopelessness of the people due to the unrest in Sudan. This lays out the field for the main focus of the commentary - the plight of the Sudanese refugees who have taken 'refuge' in Sudan looking for a better life and are now desperately looking for a way out of their miserable existence in Egypt to a third country - and how much they have to fight and struggle just for a reasonable life. All this is happening under the suffocating umbrella of a un-democratic, oppressive Egyptian government that has pretends to democracy but is far from it - but has received legitimacy from the U.S. for its own ulterior motives.

The UNHCR far from being an agency that tries everything in it power to help the refugees instead participates in the oppression and stifling of the refugees voice and hopes - many times causing the refugees to make creative and desperate attempts.

A sad state of affairs all around. The fact that the documentary does not give much voice to the Egyptians side of things - be it government, NGOs or the man on the street - leaves us with an incomplete feeling - because for people not associated with Egypt/Sudan etc, there is no way of knowing that side of things - which is equally important to complete the portrait.

Still, a very good documentary by the American writer-journalist who is also an Egyptian and who wanted to tell a story - which is also about his personal investment into some of the refugees lives and the poignant un-expected dis-trust of one of the families he tries to help - that of Jere.

Very commendable too since Mr.Hutchins has obviously invested a lot both financially and emotionally to tell this story.

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