Viva Sara!

The personal archive of Sudanese filmmaker Gadalla Gubara (1920-2008) contains an incomplete feature-length portrait of his daughter Sara, who became a professional swimmer despite having polio. The preserved silent elements of VIVA SARA! were shot on the beaches of Capri in the 1980s. Clearly filmed with delight, Sara Gubara plays herself in these scenes. During a screening at Arsenal for the festival “Visionary Archive” in May 2015, she provided live commentary on the footage. The recordings made then are featured in the exhibition next to the unedited footage.