Selma Chalabi
Selma Chalabi is a British filmmaker and journalist. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and English mother, and was raised in Winchester.[1][2]
Career
She has produced numerous short films about her father's homeland, in a bid to not only discover more of her Arabic roots but to also address media stereotypes towards Iraqis.[2][3] She worked with and received support from Valley and Vale Community Arts when directing and producing Land Of My Father.[2][3] Stories collected by Chalabi when interviewing her family for Land Of My Father inspired her to create Blue Eyes, a short film about her Iraqi grandmother.[1][4] Blue Eyes was made as part of the BBC Wales "Capture Wales" project, and became recipient of the Round 2 Award winner of the Commedia Millennium Awards.[1]
She is currently a correspondent for BBC Wales.[5][6][7]
Filmography
- Land Of My Father
- Blue Eyes
- The Note
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Selma Chalabi". commedia.org.uk. Commedia Millennium Awards. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Land of my Father". Valley and Vale Community Arts. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Film gives Iraqis a voice". BBC News. September 25, 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ "Blue Eyes". BBC. September 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ Chalabi, Selma (February 16, 2008). "Girl's fear of violence at home". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ Chalabi, Selma (May 19, 2008). "Watching the Iraq war from afar". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-07-17.
- ↑ Chalabi, Selma (March 9, 2009). "Downturn's winners and losers". BBC News. Retrieved 2009-07-17.