Saeed Taji Farouky. Filmmaking as Poetic Justice

Episode Summary:

This candid conversation with Saeed Taji Farouky, an award-winning filmmaker specialising in long-term human rights projects and social justice, made me think of Andrei Tarkovsky’s vision on cinema - an instrument of art equal to prose. Today, we discussed everything from the authenticity of the crafted narrative to the ethical decisions that Saeed had to make while filming I See the Stars at Noon, the misrepresentation of the Arab world by the Western Media to how his practice dynamically communicates underrepresented stories such as that of Tell Spring Not to Come This Year, the dilemmas of information ownership and neo-colonialism to understanding the role of a documentary filmmaker in and outside the film.

The Speaker:

Saeed Taji Farouky is a Palestinian-Br ...