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One of the earliest case studies of the movements of the Afghan Diaspora, this is a surprising example of a foray by Muslim men from the remote nomadic regions of Asia into the heart of a 19th-century British colony. This emigration created a ripple effect that continues to this day.
'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

Samira (Yasmine) Kassari
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’.

Producers

Jean-Jacques Andrien

In 1973, Jean-Jacques Andrien created Les Films de la Dreve, through which he produced his own films, including ‘Le Fils d’Amr est mort!’ (1975), which took first prize at Locarno; ‘Le Grand paysage d’Alexis Droeven’ (1981), which had a Special Mention at the Berlinale; and ‘Australia’ (1988), which won a prize at Venice. Andrien has also produced the work of a number of international filmmakers, including Lucas Belvaux’s ‘Parfois trop d’amour’; Mrinal Sen’s ‘Genesis’, which was in competition in Cannes; and Yasmine Kassari’s ‘L’ enfant endormi’, which was named Best European Film at Venice. He has also taught cinema in a number of cinema schools and universities, including INSAS and ULB. He continues to direct the cinema module at the summer school AKDT in Belgium.

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