Abu Alala was born in the United Arab Emirates to Sudanese parents and grew up in Dubai.
He studied media and communication science at Emirates University and then made his first documentaries for several Arab and Western TV stations.
By coincidence, the film was shot at the time of the Sudanese revolution against Omar al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military during demonstrations in April 2019 after having ruled the country for almost 30 years.
This meant great challenges for the entire crew, not only because of governmental restrictions, but because there was no film industry in Sudan and they had to fly in several tons of equipment that they needed for the shooting.
[6] In 2021, he was selected as a jury member for the First feature section of the 74th Locarno Film Festival to be held from 4 to 14 August.