Salim Baba Short Film

Salim Muhammad is a 55-year-old man who lives in North Kolkata with his wife and five children. Since the age of ten he has made a living using a hand-cranked projector to screen discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• cinetic
• filmbuff
• film
• buff
• salim
• baba
• Madhubala
• Mughal
• Azam
• Mohe
• Panghat
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• Dancing
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• short

[Oddsodz]

Thumbs up is Scott Mosier sent you here

[MidnightMadness619]

This video executed the art of a short documentary film. It's remarkable to continue to see how family traditions are still being carried on generation to generation. Salim Muhammad's lost art is facinating, beautiful and touching. On another pespective, hes making a living and feeding his family, while remaing loyal to the art of film. And, the best part, hes happy doing what he does.

[doa2112]

very interesting. i saw the ling on scott mosier's twitter. very cool.

[Ihatenightlights]

heard about this on smodcast, so glad I got to see it..

[krhnsnyl21]

i happened to see short film in bioscope as a child in my grandmom's village & still its one of my best memory & frankly i never enjoyed seeing movies in hall as i did in the bioscope :-)

[lebihatan]

eso es como en colombia, no por la pelicula esta bien. Pero son muchas las producciones de novelas y bobadas para mantener al pueblo todo tonto

[hwoodude]

This short video has more life and humanity and goodness in it than 90% of the

"stuff" Hollywood spews out with dollar signs and "stars" all over them.

Thanks for sharing this thoughtful film!

[hwoodude]

Thank you for a gracious, gentle look at a way of life that will probably disappear.....this whole charming film is light years away from Hollywood....

I like this very much..!

[neve1073]

This is a short masterpiece of filmic storytelling.

[robertcuthbert]

@Timisenman I agree Marklar.

[Timisenman]

All film should be cherished as much as it is here; both the process of creating, and viewing.