King of North Sudan, The

[Plays Oct. 24 and 27 as part of the 28th Austin Film Festival that runs Oct. 21-28; for information, log on to www.austinfilmfestival.com.] Danny Abel's intriguing, quirky, unbelievable, well-paced, 95-minute documentary that uses insightful commentary by family (such as wife Kelly, daughter Emily, and son Justin), friends Greg Gross and Darryl Hodges, consultant Doug Brooks, journalist Samira Salwani, North Sudan advisor Douglas Campbell, and private security contractor Win Scheel to chronicle the crazy, self-indulgent, pie-in-the-sky, precarious journey of Virginia businessman Jeremiah Heaton to raise capital to create his own kingdom in North Sudan by wheeling-and-dealing negotiations with the governments of China, Thailand, Egypt, and Sudan after planting a flag in 2014.
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