US (2008): Documentary/Short
For most of his life Salim Muhammad has been a modern-day Pied Piper in Kolkata, India as he entertains his fellow townspeople with an antique projector, film scraps and a clever portable movie theater he calls "the cinema car." The documentary highlights Muhammad and his four sons as they push the cinema car around their village. The portable theater consists of a 100-year-old projector that was handed down to Muhammad by his father, film (mostly scraps of Bollywood films) that they splice together to make trailers and a small push cart with a black curtain hanging over one side where the kids look under to see the film which is projected on a piece of white paper. -- indieWIRE
Directed by Tim Sternberg; produced, edited and shot by Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello. (A Ropa Vieja Films & Paradox Smoke Production)
1 nomination
· Achievement in Documentary Short Films 2007: Tim Sternberg & Francisco Bello