A filmmaker from Miriam Cinematic Productions in the 1st AUTUMN HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVALSayed Qasem Husseini with “Death to the Camera” short documentary film in Autumn Human Rithss film festival.
“Death to the Camera” was produced by CS Film.
About film: A camera moves among woman working their last day on a job site. As they joke and fight – accusing each other of being prostitutes, liars, and racists – the mood repeatedly shifts between belly laughs and rage. The women are left waiting for hours for their pay by the charity that administers the cash-for-work program. As they wait, they consider what debts they’ll pay off, what food they’ll buy, and how they’ll stay warm during the approaching winter. There is lively discussion about what happens to all the aid that never reaches them, and whether Karzai is a crook or a servant of the people.
Is the camera revealing anything truthful, or simply inciting these women to present what they think ‘the other’ wants to hear – or what might get them something from the world on the other side of the camera? Who is on the other side of that camera anyway?
Sayed Qasem Husseini, after growing up in Sari Pul and Balk provinces, now studies in the Cinema and Fine Arts department at Kabul University. He has previously produced a short video report on carpet making, served as a sports reporter for a community newspaper, and works as a freelance production assistant.
Husseini is working as project manager and director of documentary film department in Miriam Films.
Husseini is working as project manager and director of documentary film department in Miriam Films.
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