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Update #3: Update 2/29/2012
Hello everyone!
Hope everyone is doing well. Wanted to share a couple pieces of good news.
For one, I've learned that the music video I shot in Egypt, just before the revolution, has been written and featured in a recent New York Times article - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/opinion/the-mixtape-of-the-revolution.html Have a look if you please.
Secondly, for anyone in the LA area especially, or anyone with a TV really, I'll be on NBC Los Angeles this Friday at 7 pm, speaking with Colleen Williams on her Non Stop LA program about the documentary and my recent experience in Egypt. I'll leave the channels below. Also, I've made some progress with various incentives. Soon enough I'll be mailing them out - of coarse they have to get here from Egypt first!
Outlet Channel #
Over-the-air Digital Channel 4.2
Charter Communication Ch. 304
Time Warner Ch. 225
Cox Ch. 804
Verizon FIOS Ch. 460
Best,
Mustafa (Toby)
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Update #1: Cairo 12/18/2011
Already in my short time here in Cairo, I've seen the difference between what the state media is reporting and what is happening on the ground in Tahrir as we speak. Many Egyptians believe that the people that are in Tahrir Square now are agitators who are being paid by Hosni Mubarak and his cronies to disrupt order.
I went down to Tahrir last night and was in the crowd as troops were firing live rounds at the front lines. The government is also claiming that they are showing great restraint, even though ten Egyptians have reportedly been killed in the recent protests and more than 450 have been hospitalized.
The bottom line is that genuine information, even within Egypt itself, is hard to come by.
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t.golden on December 18
Its great to hear your updates about whats really going on. I very much look forward to the finished documentary.
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شكراً ... THANK YOU! An invitation to the screening of the documentary at a college near you!
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EGYPTIAN HIP HOP ARTIST. Hip hop isn't dead, it just moved to the Middle East. Get an Arabic CD by artist DEEB (an artist who performed in Tahrir during the revolution).
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PHONE CONFERENCE with a real Egyptian activist, a blogger, a politician, and a philosopher (they will share their experiences w/ the group), in collaboration with an international multi person phone conference service. Moderated by Mustafa + All of the above!
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LOCAL EGYPTIAN PHOTOGRAPHY (photographs from the revolution, by Christina Rizk) as seen down below. There will be a few to choose from + All of the Above!
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER CREDIT. You will receive updates as the film is being shot and be sent DVDs with the latest cut of the film and be able to offer feedback, as well as being listed as an associate producer in the credits. Three tickets to the premier of the film in Los Angeles + All of the above!
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Living overseas and traveling as a youth stirred Mustafa’s early fascination with film and photography. At the age of ten he received a Polaroid camera from his mother, which he still marks as a milestone moment in his life as an artist. Throughout high school, in both Arizona and in the Middle East, he began to explore filmmaking by making skateboarding videos of he and his friends.
Mustafa attended the Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking. During this time, he explored misconceptions surrounding the Middle East, peering into his own bi-cultural heritage for inspiration. The result was an award winning short documentary titled Ana Mish Fahim – I Don’t Understand, a film that was shown in festivals worldwide, and became a finalist for the Student Academy Award. The film notably featured a rare interview with Gihan Sadat, the widow of Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat.
Days before the Egyptian revolution (Jan. 25 2011), Mustafa directed an Arabic hip-hop music video in the heart of Tahrir Square. In 2010 Mustafa produced an award-winning short film (Panavision New Filmmakers Grant, The Hollywood Foreign Press Award), The Perfect Gentleman, which is currently screening across the United States. Mustafa is currently studying film and television production at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. Mustafa was also recently selected for a media/communications scholarship from the Islamic Scholarship Foundation and the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
