The Heart of Nuba

Name: The Heart of Nuba
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 6, 2018
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Anggalu Kitinyi, Cornelio Catena, Dr. Corry Chapman, Fr. Paul Catena, Gene Catena

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| Release Date: April 6, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Anggalu Kitinyi, Cornelio Catena, Dr. Corry Chapman, Fr. Paul Catena, Gene Catena, H.E. Macram Max Gassis, Maqbul Karasin, Nancy Catena, Steve Kettelberger, Tom Catena

Summary: Welcome to the war-torn Nuba Mountains of Sudan, where American doctor Tom Catena selflessly and courageously serves the needs of a forgotten people, as the region is bombed relentlessly by an indicted war criminal, Omar Al-Bashir. Two things remain constant: Dr. Tom’s faith and his enduring love for the Nuba people.

Director: Kenneth A. Carlson

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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Gary Goldstein

Apr 19, 2018

Producer-director Kenneth A. Carlson (a teammate of Catena's at Brown) absorbingly, unfussily captures Catena's daily challenges and feats while also painting a vivid, often heartbreaking portrait of a forgotten people trapped in an underreported sociopolitical nightmare. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 27, 2018

Sure, an uplifting film like The Heart of Nuba plays like hagiography, but you’re hard-pressed to find complaints about this saintly, sometimes profane surgeon and healer. Unless you want to interview al-Bashir for your film. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 5, 2018

If Catena has any faults, they're not on display in this documentary. But it hardly matters, considering the importance of the work that he's done and continues to do. Read full review

Daphne Howland

Apr 5, 2018

If Catena has flaws, filmmaker Kenneth Carlson declines to feature them, perhaps because they’ve been friends since their Brown University days thirty years ago. Still, the doctor has earned the adulation, and a visit to a leper colony shows why. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Apr 5, 2018

The film is worth seeing because it’s a moving and remarkable story and it represents a great cause. Mr. Carlson often puts a directorial foot wrong. Read full review

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