The Road Less Traveled with Akuol De Mabior | S1 E3|

You should be a model! A common phrase, majority of South Sudanese girls have heard.

Exploring modeling, passion and navigating career pathways in a transparent, informative and engaging epsiode with a standout in the film industry.

In this exciting and laughter filled episode, I catch up with Akuol de Mabior, a South Sudanese filmmaker based in Nairobi, Kenya. 

She has directed one feature-length film and four shorts. No Simple Way Home, her documentary film, premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2022.

No Simple Way Home is the first South Sudanese film production to screen at the prestigious event and received best writing and best documentary nominations at the IDA Awards 2022. 

Akuol’s short films have screened around the world, from the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa and the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa to the Pan African Film Festival in America. Her latest short, On the White Nile, won gold at the New York Festivals TV and Film Awards. 

Believing that the perspectives of African women are undervalued, she aims to create stories for the screen that reach African audiences and encourage a renewed African imagination.