Virtual Voice
Made in Qatar - Ajyal Film Festival 2021
Suzannah Mirghani / Sudan, Qatar / 2021 / 7 min / Colour / DCP / In English / Arabic subtitles
Themes : Documentary, Experimental, Satire
Rated: 
Parental guidance is advised. Some material may be inappropriate for young children.
Description
In this satirical review of our times, Suzi doll is an ego-warrior. An online avatar marching to the algorithms of social media. She is lit by temporary outrage. A trending indignation. A passion that is fashion. A politics of the popular. She copies and pastes and forwards blame. Sometimes uplifting, sometimes bandwagon bullying. Her activism is abstract. Her help is hypothetical. We know many girls like Suzi, and many times we are her—vacuous virtual voices, echoing injustices.
Director
Suzannah Mirghani
Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and independent filmmaker. Mixed-race Sudanese and Russian, she is interested in stories about the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of ‘Al-Sit’ (2020), which won 18 international awards, including three Academy Award qualifying prizes in 2021: Best of Fest at LA Shorts; Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival; and Best Short Film at BronzeLens. Her latest short, ‘Virtual Voice’ (2021), had its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. Suzannah is working on her first feature, ‘Cotton Queen’, a magical realist tale set in the cotton fields of Sudan.
Credits
- Screenwriter
- Suzannah Mirghani
- Producer
- Suzannah Mirghani
- Cinematographer
- Suzannah Mirghani, Rodney Sharkey
- Editor
- Suzannah Mirghani, Socheat Cheng
- Cast
- Suzannah Mirghani