Production stills from an upcoming documentary shot in Morocco and Spain, on the “lost” history of cultural and religious tolerance between the Muslims and Jews.
Archive for the ‘Documentaries’ Category
In the Footsteps of the Sephardim - production stills
Posted in Documentaries, Films by Adam Shamash on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Kabul Transit
Posted in Documentaries on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A very interesting doc on post-war Afghanistan…
Documentay in footsteps of Ibn Battuta, the greatest travel-writer-adventurer, possibly ever
Posted in Documentaries, sufism on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
”The Man Who Walked Across the World” pt 1 of doc by BBC 4
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Read his fabulous travelogue, “The Travels of Ibn Battuta,” translated into English by Tim Mackintosh-Smith.
Tuvan Throat Singing
Posted in Documentaries on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
You may have never known that a human voice can make sounds like this…
Sidi Touré
Posted in Documentaries on March 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A great doc on Sidi Touré, a musician from Mali who has been struggling to make an international break. The style is raw and unabashedly video-ish.
from www.dailymotion.com posted with vodpod
Golden: Abbas Kiarostami’s thoughts on digital video
Posted in Documentaries, tagged 10 on Ten, kiarostami on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
A brilliant argument for the use of digital video by one of the world’s foremost artists of the cinema. He argues that a filmmaker doesn’t need a crew, a big budget, and pretentious ideas to make films- a filmmaker needs real life and a video camera. As Abbas says, digital video brings cinema back into [...]
An unforgettable film, and a remedy for depression: “The House Is Black” (pt 1 of 2)
Posted in Documentaries, sufism, tagged cinema, documentary, Farrokhzad, Forugh, iranian, new wave, persian on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The only film made by renowned Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, who died at the age of 32. This poetic portrait of a leper colony is considered a landmark film in Iranian cinema and in the history of essay filmmaking. Though it is sometimes difficult to watch, it is one of a handful of films that, [...]
The Dalai Lama speaking on “Global Citizenship and Universal Responsibility”
Posted in Documentaries, Films by Adam Shamash, tagged bodhi, Buddhism, Buddhist, China, Dalai Lama, globalization, god, harmony, hippy, love, meditation, mystic, mysticism, peace, philosophy, politics, saint, satva, spirit, spiritual, Tibet, unity, universal, zen on March 6, 2008 | No Comments »
This talk by the Dalai Lama was given in October 2007 to a live audience of tens of thousands of people in Ottawa, Canada.
from www.vimeo.com posted with vodpod
Abdallah of Mile-End
Posted in Documentaries, Films by Adam Shamash, tagged abdallah, adam, africa, award, bagel, cbc, cultural, dance, dhikr, digital, diversity, djibouti, documentary, end, film, flowers, hisham, islam, italian, koran, mauritania, mile, montreal, muhammad, multic, music, muslim, nazim, poetry, praise, prophet, quran, rci, rumi, sacred, shamash, shaykh, Spirituality, sufi, sufism, video, whirling on March 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This film won the People’s Choice award at Radio Canada International’s Digital Diversity competition on the theme of Immigration.
from www.vimeo.com posted with vodpod
Ezra Soiferman’s 10 little tips for making a cool short movie:
Posted in Documentaries on March 2, 2008 | No Comments »
1. Keep it short and simple. Especially if it’s your first go at it, don’t exceed 5-7 strong minutes.
2. Make it unique and memorable. This usually means a strong, catchy and original premise.
3. A good film shot on an old VHS camcorder is better than a lousy one shot on Imax. Don’t get caught [...]
