Ropa Vieja Films / Salim Baba

Synopsis

Salim Muhammad is a 55-year-old man who lives in North Kolkata with his wife and five children. Since the age of ten he has made a living screening discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods using a hand-cranked projector that he inherited from his father. A pragmatic businessman as well as a cinephile, Salim runs his projector with his sons in the hopes that they will carry on his legacy of showing films to the local children.

Crew

directed by: Tim Sternberg

produced by: Francisco Bello, Scott Mosier, Raja Dey

photographed by: Francisco Bello, Raja Dey

edited by: Tim Sternberg, Arturo Sosa

original score by: David Darling

sound editing and mixing: Eric Strausser, Alexa Zimmerman

Featuring: Salim Muhammad

Salim Baba is a co-production of Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Productions. Salim Baba was made possible through a production grant by the Urban Arts Initiative. Fiscal Sponsorship provided by the Independent Feature Project.

Director's statement regarding misinformation in the press for ''Salim Baba.''

Fundraising

Fundraising Information Packet

Although we have wrapped post-production on Salim Baba, the financial challenges imposed by our festival submissions and promotional costs have us continuing our fundraising efforts. With the generous support of our donors we've been able to create a wonderful film, but we still need to get the film out to audiences worldwide, and with your support we can make this happen!

Now donors can make a tax deductible donation for Salim Baba on behalf of The Independent Feature Project's New York chapter (ifp.org)! For donations, download our Fundraising Information Packet or make an online donation using the following link: JustGive.org

Enter the contribution amount and make sure that all check-off boxes are checked for "give the charity my name, e-mail, and mailing address. Enter "Salim Baba" and Francisco Bello in the space designated for "designate my donation." (This is NOT optional, even though it says that it is to ensure that your donation makes it to us!)

Then check off "add to basket" and proceed to check-out. If this is your first contribution via JustGive.org, you will need to fill out a name and address profile just prior to checkout. At checkout you will enter your credit card info and confirm your contribution.

You will receive an immediate e-mail receipt from JustGive.org, and will also receive a contribution acknowledgment from IFP via standard mail as a receipt for your tax deductible donation.