The King of North Sudan – A VIFF Film

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Jeremiah Heaton: Farmer. Father. Monarch?

“The King of North Sudan” chronicles one Virginia man’s brash quest to turn a desolate patch of African desert into his very own country – and get unspeakably rich in the process. Jeremiah must navigate the murky waters of global diplomacy, U.S. military dark sites, and the Chinese criminal underbelly to turn his dream into reality. Can he do it before he bankrupts his family? What moral compromises will he have to make in order to succeed? And what can this teach us about white male privilege and what’s left of the American Dream?

Danny Abel’s documentary tells the incredible, all-American story of Jeremiah Heaton and his geographical conquest. It all starts in 2014, when Heaton lays claim to 500,000 acres of desert land between Egypt and Sudan; his initial aim is to establish a kingdom so that his daughter can be made a princess. What follows is media attention, a movie deal with Disney, and a shift in motivation: Heaton decides to create a bonafide nation, with industry, a military, and more. Within a year of his flag-planting, he’s looking for access to the State Department and a deal with Trump associate Michael Flynn. Things get even stranger from there. Abel’s film is observational in style, but it has the feel of satire and allegory: in Heaton, the director has found a figure who exemplifies the greedy, consumerist ambition that America has shown us so often in its history. Here, the avarice is scaled to the dimensions of one solitary man—a keyboard conquistador whose actions are hilarious and disturbing in equal measure.

Cast: Jeremiah Heaton, Joseph Said

Public Screenings:

WORLD PREMIERE – Tuesday, October 5^th, 6:00pm at VIFF Centre -Vancity Theatre, Vancouver

Thursday, October 7^th, 3:45 PM at The Cinematheque, Vancouver  

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  The King of North Sudan, VIFF