Salim Baba
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Salim Baba |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | Bengali |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| length | 15 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tim Sternberg |
| production |
Francisco Bello Scott Mosier |
| camera | Francisco Bello |
| cut | Arturo Sosa |
| occupation | |
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Salim Baba is an American documentary - short film by Tim Sternberg from the year 2007. It was the first time at the film festival Tribeca shown. Salim Baba was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards 2008 in the category “ Best Documentary Short Film ”.
action
The film follows the 55-year-old father of six, Salim Muhammad, from the Indian city of Kolkata . Since 1965 he has earned his living showing films in a kind of mobile cinema. This consists of a hand-operated film projector (with car light bulbs as a light source) and a box with openings on the side through which you can view the film that is projected into the interior of the box. The entire apparatus is mounted on a handcart and is already 100 years old. Salim Muhammad inherited them from his father. He pushes the cart through his neighborhood, stops if necessary and shows his films. The films come from cinemas, where they were disposed of as waste. Salim collects these film snippets and uses them to edit his own new films. In the meantime, his fund has grown to over fifty films and his sons are also involved in the business. Salim hopes that they will continue this tradition later.
background
Director Tim Sternberg read an article about Salim Muhammad on the BBC in 2004 and was immediately interested in the story behind the person. In 2005 he flew to India, met Muhammad and decided to make a film about him. Filming took four days.
Awards (selection)
- Maverick Award for Best Documentary Short Film at the Woodstock Film Festival 2007.
- Prize in the category “Best Documentary Short Film” at the Sidewalk Film Festival 2007.
- Nomination in the category “Best Documentary Short Film” at the 2008 Academy Awards .
Web links
- Salim Baba in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Salim Baba. Ropa Vieja Films, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ a b The 80th Academy Awards - 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Tom White: Meet the DocuWeek Filmmakers: Tim Sternberg — 'Salim Baba'. IDA , accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ 2007 Woodstock Film Festival Maverick Awards. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ 2007 - Awards from Juries of Sidewalk & SHOUT. Retrieved November 13, 2019 .