Katiba Banat | Sisters in Arms

Katiba Banat is a 5 part (23 min each) episodic series for OMNI channel following the lives and history of the Katiba Banat, a group of women enlisted as children in the SPLA (Sudanese People’s Liberation Army) during the 1990s. The series documents their stories, plights and reunion as they come together for the first time in over 30 years in Windsor, Ontario.

Director: Adhel Arop
Producers: Adhel Arop, Lynn Booth, Kerri Coombs
Story Consultant & Translator: Amel Madut Aluk
Written by: Adhel Arop, Vanessa Magic
Editors: Alixandra Buck, Bryan Sullivan
Director of Photography: Mike Gomes / Brian Ceci
Original Score: Della Orrey
Unit Production Manager: Daniel Code
Camera Operators: Brian Ceci, Issa Shah, Achuoth Deng, Grace Loeppky, Saarthak Thaneja
Sound: Rachelle Au, Devon Cooke, Ron Osiowy, Dave Pullmer
Illustrator: Oksana Gaidecheva
2D Animator: Linnea Ritland
Colourist: Devan Scott
Cameras: RED Gemini, RED Komodo
Lenses: Zeiss Super Speed Primes
Shot on Location in: Nairobi, Kenya, Kakuma Refugee Resettlement, Kenya, Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB, Windsor, ON