Cinemawallah Salim on Radio Netherlands!
Chhavi Sachdev and Piya Kochhar of News Radio India meet Cinemawallah Salim, who splices together dozens of old, discarded film trailers and plays them on an ancient Japanese pedal-powered projector. Aired February 29, 2008, on The State We’re In.
Listen to the piece here.
<We thank our oh so awesome voice-over artists for their help with recording translations!>
March 1st, 2008 17:53
Chhavi & Piya - this is an amazing piece. Am glad I got to see a part of it being made.
Will be following all your stories closely
This particular one reminded me of this film I’d seen at the Tri-Continental festival about a carpenter in Tunisia who - against all odds - makes action movies and how his films are a unifying theme for Tunisians living in France etc.
There are so many people following their hearts and doing really innovative stuff with limited means and I’m glad that you’ve documented one of them.
All the best.
March 1st, 2008 18:07
brilliant.the piece is now saved on my phone.magical voices you both have and piece is rich in concept and sounds it captures!