Salaam Plenty
Spring Grant 2012 - Development Stage
Samira (Yasmine) Kassari / Feature Documentary / Morocco, Australia, Belgium, Qatar / 2015 / 90 min / Original Language: English / Interests: Documentary
Synopsis
‘Salaam Plenty’ is about the memory and erasure of the presence of Afghan cameleers in Australia from 1860 to 1930, based on testimonies of their descendants, original documents, period photographs, press clippings and archival footage. The film exposes a fracture in the contemporary identity of the descendants, and traces this to its source.
Credits
- Director
- Yasmine Kassari
- Screenwriter
- Yasmine Kassari
- Producer
- Jean-Jacques Andrien
- Production Company
- les films de la drève , Malle Films
About the Director
Yasmine Kassari graduated from the Belgian film school INSAS. In 2000, she joined Les Films de la Dreve as a producer, and in 2003, she established Les Coquelicots de l'Oriental Production, her own production company, in Morocco. Among her films are 'When Men Cry' and 'The Sleeping Child'. In 2012, she produced Jean-Jacques Andrien’s latest film, ‘Il a plu sur le grand paysage’.
Contacts
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Director
Samira (Yasmine) Kassari
- Company:
- Les Films de la Drève
- Phone:
- +32 877 835 95
- Email:
- yasminekassari@gmail.com
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Main Contact
Yasmine Kassari
- Company:
- Les Films de la Drève
- Phone:
- +32 877 835 95
- Email:
- yasminekassari@gmail.com