The Working Title Is “The Sky Still Shelters” Though Producers Are Reportedly Considering “Sheltering Sky II: Sudanese Boogaloo”
Posted by Contrarian on August 7th, 2007
Apparently Mia Farrow is in Africa filming the sequel to Bernardo Bertolucci’s terrible adaptation of Paul Bowles’ book:
Mia Farrow has a daring plan to win the freedom of an ailing rebel leader from war-ravaged Darfur – she wants to take his place.
The activist actress offered to trade places with Suleiman Jamous, who needs a stomach operation but has been confined to a base in the troubled African desert nation of Sudan for more than a year.
“I am therefore offering … to exchange my freedom for his,” said Farrow in a letter to Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. “[I know] he will apply his energies toward creating the just and lasting peace.”
Farrow, 62, is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF and has visited Darfur twice.
She was traveling in Africa and couldn’t be reached for comment on her unusual proposal.
Jamous, a leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army, was originally airlifted from Darfur to the UN base in nearby Kadugli for medical treatment in June 2006.
But the leader needs a stomach biopsy, which cannot be performed at the camp, and believes he will be seized by government forces as soon as he leaves.
“Before his seizure, Mr. Jamous played a crucial role in seeking reconciliation,” Farrow said.
There was no immediate response from the Sudan.
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