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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
Production Company
les films de la drève

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

  • Director

    Samira (Yasmine) Kassari

    Company: 
    Les Films de la Drève
    Phone: 
    +32 877 835 95
    Email: 
    yasminekassari@gmail.com
  • Main Contact

    Yasmine Kassari

    Company: 
    Les Films de la Drève
    Phone: 
    +32 877 835 95
    Email: 
    yasminekassari@gmail.com

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