(The Shilluk of Southern Sudan)

Content: This film presents a compelling visual and aural analysis of Shilluk kingship in 1975, and provides a very useful complement to Evans-Pritchard’s 1948 text, The Divine Kingship of the Shilluk. Although the Reth (king) has been reduced to the status of second-class magistrate in dispute settlement by the Sundanese government, he is still the focus of political and national identity for a Shilluk people composed of competing territorial groupings. At the death of the Reth, his spirit passes into the Nile.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

52 minutes

Year:

1976

Directors:

Chris Curling

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